Plectropomus
Plectropomus (coral groupers) is a genus of fishes in the family Serranidae. It currently has seven described species.[1]
| Plectropomus | |
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| Plectropomus leopardus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Superfamily: | Percoidea |
| Family: | Serranidae |
| Subfamily: | Epinephelinae |
| Genus: | Plectropomus Oken, 1817 |
Species
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) | Plectropomus areolatus (Rüppell, 1830) | squaretail coral grouper | Indo-Pacific: Red Sea to the Phoenix Islands and Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Australia. |
 | Plectropomus laevis (Lacepède, 1801) | black-saddled coral grouper | Indo-Pacific, from East Africa (Kenya, Mozambique) to the central and southern Pacific, eastward to the Tuamotu Island, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Australia, Indian Ocean and islands of western and central Pacific |
 | Plectropomus leopardus (Lacepède, 1802) | leopard coral grouper | western Pacific Ocean |
| Plectropomus maculatus (Bloch, 1790) | spotted coral grouper | Western Pacific: Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819), Solomon Islands, and Australia | |
| Plectropomus oligacanthus (Bleeker, 1854) | highfin coral grouper | Indo-West Pacific: Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea, northeastern Australia (Cape York to northern Great Barrier Reef) Belau, Truk, Caroline Islands, Marshall Islands, and the Solomon Islands. | |
 | Plectropomus pessuliferus (Fowler, 1904) | roving coral grouper | Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea to Fiji (Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Indonesia (Bali, Java and Sumatra), Israel, Jordan, Mozambique, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tanzania, Tonga, Zanzibar, Maldives, Laccadives, St. Brandon's Shoals, Sri Lanka, Chagos, Nazareth Bank, and Fiji) |
| Plectropomus punctatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) | marbled coral grouper | Western Indian Ocean: Kenya to South Africa, Comoros, Madagascar, Aldabra, Seychelles, Mauritius, St. Brandon's Shoals, Nazareth Bank, and the Chagos Archipelago. Unknown from the Red Sea, Persian Gulf, and the Asian coast from Arabia to India. | |
References
- Frisch, Ashley J.; Cameron, Darren S.; Pratchett, Morgan S.; Williamson, David H.; Williams, Ashley J.; Reynolds, Adam D.; Hoey, Andrew S.; Rizzari, Justin R.; Evans, Louisa; Kerrigan, Brigid; Muldoon, Geoffrey; Welch, David J.; Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. (2016). "Key aspects of the biology, fisheries and management of Coral grouper". Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. doi:10.1007/s11160-016-9427-0. ISSN 0960-3166.
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