Bar-Cheeked Coral Trout (species: Plectropomus maculatus) in Frankland Island Group, QLD (Gaia Guide)
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Plectropomus maculatus
Bar-Cheeked Coral Trout


©Eugene Weber: Bar-Cheeked Coral Trout (Plectropomus maculatus)

©Asbjørn Hansen: Bar-Cheeked Coral Trout (Plectropomus maculatus)

©Mark Rosenstein: Bar-Cheeked Coral Trout (Plectropomus maculatus)

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Serranidae
Genus Plectropomus
Species Plectropomus maculatus
Status least concern

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 100 cm (Standard Length)

Depth range

  • From 5 m to 100 m

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Distribution


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Distribution and habitat preferences

Found in protected coastal reef in mixed algae and coral habitat. Common on inshore coastal reefs but absent in clear offshore reefs. Juveniles have a demersal existence in shallow water in reef habitats, especially around coral rubble (FishBase).

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References

  • Allen, G., R. Steene, P. Humann and N. Deloach (2003). Reef fish identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, FL, USA.
  • Ferreira, B.P. (1993). Age, growth, reproduction and population biology of Plectropomus sp(p). (Epinephelinae: Serranidae) on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University, Townsville. LIRS catalog number 439.
  • Gates, J. and P. Hoyle (1990). Lore from the Lizard: Lizard Island Research Station, Australian Natural History, 23(4): 314-321. LIRS catalog number 402.
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