roving grouper

Plectropomus maculatus

Spawning Crowds Leave Eggs Below the Surface

roving grouper is a marine fish from Western Pacific. It inhabits reef habitat. The largest recorded length is 125 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Epinephelidae
Genus: Plectropomus
Maximum length: 125 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Western Pacific: Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819 ), Solomon Islands, and Australia (from Houtman Abrolhos in Western Australia to Gladstone, Queensland) (Ref. 3150 ). This species was formerly listed as occurring in the western Indian Ocean based on a misidentification of Plectropomus pessuliferus .
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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