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Epinephelidae
marbled coralgrouper
Plectropomus punctatus
Ninety Six Centimeters Seabass of the South African Coast
- Tropical
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Africa
- South Asia
- Fusiform
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Marine fish
Africa
Fusiform
Largemarbled coralgrouper is known from Western Indian Ocean as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Perches and Allies
- Family
- Epinephelidae
- Genus
- Plectropomus
- Maximum length
- 96 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- 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.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
