Species details : Plectropomus areolatus (Rüppell, 1830)

Accepted scientific name:
Plectropomus areolatus (Rüppell, 1830) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Plectropomus areolatus  (Rüppell, 1830)
Synonyms:
Plectropoma areolatum Rüppell, 1830 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Plectropoma areolatum Rüppell, 1830
Plectropoma maculatum (non Bloch, 1790) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Plectropoma maculatum (non Bloch, 1790)
Plectropomus areolatum (Rüppell, 1830) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Plectropomus areolatum (Rüppell, 1830)
Plectropomus trancatus Fowler & Bean, 1930 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Plectropomus trancatus Fowler & Bean, 1930
Plectropomus truncatus Fowler & Bean, 1930 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Plectropomus truncatus Fowler & Bean, 1930
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Stompstert-luiperdkabeljou - Afrikaans South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Nagil - Arabic Saudi Arabia Click here to show the literature
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لُؤز مرجان ذيل مُربَّع - Arabic - Click here to show the literature
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Baraka - Bikol Philippines(Albay and Camarines Sur; Batan and Rapu-Rapu; Cata) Click here to show the literature
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Durog - Bikol Philippines(Atulayan Bay) Click here to show the literature
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Ali-pashig - Carolinian - Click here to show the literature
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Taiyaawal galiyeliy - Carolinian Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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Coral trout - English Australia Click here to show the literature
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Polkadot cod - English Papua New Guinea Click here to show the literature
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Spotted coral trout - English Indonesia Click here to show the literature
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Square-tail coral trout - English Indonesia Click here to show the literature
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Squaretail coral trout - English Guam Click here to show the literature
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Squaretail coral trout - English Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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Squaretail coralgrouper - English - Click here to show the literature
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Squaretail coralgrouper - English Hawaii Click here to show the literature
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Squaretail coralgrouper - English Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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Squaretail coralgrouper - English Philippines(Tawi-tawi; Lanao; Surigao del Norte (Cagdianao; Su) Click here to show the literature
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Squaretail grouper - English Guam Click here to show the literature
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Squaretail grouper - English Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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Squaretail leopardgrouper - English South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Mérou queue carrée - French - Click here to show the literature
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Saumonée ocellée - French Maldives Click here to show the literature
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Karamalabo - Gela West Nggela Click here to show the literature
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O-aonome-ara - Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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Lapu-lapu - Kapampangan Philippines Click here to show the literature
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Suno - Kuyunon Philippines(Palawan) Click here to show the literature
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Kerapu - Malay (individual language) Malaysia Click here to show the literature
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截尾鰓棘鱸 Jie wei sai ji lu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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截尾鳃棘鲈 Jie wei sai ji lu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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蓝点鳃棘鲈 - Mandarin Chinese - Click here to show the literature
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蓝点鳃棘鲈 Lan dian sai ji lu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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藍點鰓棘鱸 Lan dian sai ji lu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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藍點鰓棘鱸 Lan dian sai ji lu Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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Lapu-lapu - Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug Philippines(Tawi-tawi; Lanao) Click here to show the literature
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Jawe - Marshallese - Click here to show the literature
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Jowanuron - Marshallese - Click here to show the literature
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Tawiya - Misima-Paneati Papua New Guinea Click here to show the literature
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Pleperka filipinska - Polish Poland Click here to show the literature
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Garoupa rabo - Portuguese Mozambique Click here to show the literature
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Ata'ata-utu - Samoan Samoa Click here to show the literature
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Mero troncón - Spanish - Click here to show the literature
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Baghak - Surigaonon Philippines(Surigao City, Surigao del Norte) Click here to show the literature
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Itom - Surigaonon Philippines(Surigao City, Surigao del Norte) Click here to show the literature
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Lilog - Surigaonon Philippines(Surigao del Norte (Cagdianao; Surigao City)) Click here to show the literature
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Tewa moshi - Swahili (individual language) Kenya(Mombasa and Mtwapa area) Click here to show the literature
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Lapu-lapu - Tagalog Philippines Click here to show the literature
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Tonu - Tahitian Tahiti Click here to show the literature
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Tonu - Tuamotuan Tuamoto Island Click here to show the literature
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Ca mu cham - Vietnamese Viet Nam Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Perciformes FishBase
Family Serranidae FishBase
Genus Plectropomus FishBase
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Red Sea to the Phoenix Islands and Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Australia.
Lifezones: Marine
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=6082
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fbf9ae74-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401