Plectropomus
Encyclopedia
Plectropomus is a genus of fish
in the Serranidae
family.
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
in the Serranidae
Serranidae
Serranidae is a large family of fishes, belonging to the order Perciformes. The family contains about 450 species of serranids in 64 genera, including the sea basses and the groupers...
family.
Species
- Plectropomus areolatus, Squaretail coralgrouper (Rüppell, 1830)
- Plectropomus laevisPlectropomus laevisThe blacksaddled coralgrouper, Plectropomus laevis, is a grouper from the Indo-Pacific that occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of in length....
, Blacksaddled coralgrouper (Lacepède, 1801) - Plectropomus leopardus, Leopard coralgrouper (Lacepède, 1802)
- Plectropomus maculatus, Spotted coralgrouper (Bloch, 1790)
- Plectropomus oligacanthus, Highfin coralgrouper (Bleeker, 1854)
- Plectropomus pessuliferusPlectropomus pessuliferusThe roving coralgrouper is a species of fish in the Serranidae family that engages in cooperative hunting with the giant moray eel .-External links:...
, Roving coralgrouper (Fowler, 1904) - Plectropomus punctatus, Marbled coralgrouper (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)