Plectropomus
punctatus
Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
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Family:
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Serranidae
(Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets), subfamily: Epinephelinae
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Order:
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Perciformes
(perch-likes)
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Class:
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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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In this site name:
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Marbled coralgrouper |
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Max. size:
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96.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 4787); max. published weight: 12.2 kg (Ref. 4787) |
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Environment: |
reef-associated; marine; depth range 3 – 62 m
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Climate: |
tropical; 3°S - 31°S, 30°e - 75°e |
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Importance:
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fisheries: commercial |
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Resilience: |
Very low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.) |
Distribution:
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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.
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Morphology:
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Dorsal
spines
(total): 7 - 8;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 10 - 12;
Anal
spines: 3;
Anal
soft rays: 8
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Biology: |
Usually found in shallow water (less than 10 m), however, Kyushin et al. (1977, Ref. 6894) reported specimens caught on a vertical longline at depths of 45 to 62 m. Solitary or in small groups. Often drifts well above the bottom (Ref. 9710). Feeds exclusively on fishes (parrotfishes, wrasses, holocentrids, acanthurids, a triggerfish, and a juvenile Sphyraena) (Ref. 6448). Also caught with trawls.
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Red List Status: |
Not in IUCN Red List , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group(Ref. 57073)
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Dangerous:
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harmless
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Coordinator: |
Heemstra, Phillip C.
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