Plectropomus pessuliferus Roving coralgrouper

Plectropomus pessuliferus is commonly referred to as Roving coralgrouper. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

5507 

AphiaID:

218265 

Scientific:

Plectropomus pessuliferus 

German:

Panther-Forellenbarsch 

English:

Roving Coralgrouper 

Category:

Havsaborrar 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Plectropomus (Genus) > pessuliferus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Fowler, ), 1904 

Occurrence:

Sudan, Djibouti, Hong Kong, (the) Maldives, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Egypt, Fiji, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Israel, Laccadive Sea, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Tansania, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), Tonga, Yemen 

Sea depth:

25 - 147 Meter 

Size:

up to 47.24" (120 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Sepia 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Vulnerable (VU) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Plectropomus areolatus
  Dunkelflossen-Forellenbarsch
• 
  Plectropomus laevis
  Sattel-Forellenbarsch
• 
  Plectropomus leopardus
  Leopardforellenbarsch
• 
  Plectropomus maculatus
  Kinnstreifen-Forellenbarsch, Flecken-Forellenbarsch
• 
  Plectropomus oligacanthus
  Blaustreifen-Forellenbarsch
• 
  Plectropomus pessuliferus
  Panther-Forellenbarsch
• 
  Plectropomus punctatus
  Afrikanischer Forellenbarsch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-05-22 20:34:58 

Last edit:

2013-05-22 20:34:58 

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