Species details : Plectropomus laevis (Lacepède, 1801)

Accepted scientific name:
Plectropomus laevis (Lacepède, 1801) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Plectropomus laevis  (Lacepède, 1801)
Synonyms:
Bodianus cyclostomus Lacepède, 1802 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Bodianus cyclostomus Lacepède, 1802
Bodianus melanoleucos Lacepède, 1802 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Bodianus melanoleucos Lacepède, 1802
Bodianus melanoleucus Lacepède, 1802 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Bodianus melanoleucus Lacepède, 1802
Labrus laevis Lacepède, 1801 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Labrus laevis Lacepède, 1801
Paracanthistius maculatus (non Bloch, 1790) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Paracanthistius maculatus (non Bloch, 1790)
Paracanthistius melanoleucus (Lacepède, 1802) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Paracanthistius melanoleucus (Lacepède, 1802)
Plectropoma maculatum (non Bloch, 1790) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Plectropoma maculatum (non Bloch, 1790)
Plectropoma maculatum a Playfair, 1867 (ambiguous synonym) 1 literature reference for Plectropoma maculatum a Playfair, 1867
Plectropoma maculatum b Playfair, 1867 (ambiguous synonym) 1 literature reference for Plectropoma maculatum b Playfair, 1867
Plectropoma maculatum c Playfair, 1867 (ambiguous synonym) 1 literature reference for Plectropoma maculatum c Playfair, 1867
Plectropoma melanoleucum (Lacepède, 1802) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Plectropoma melanoleucum (Lacepède, 1802)
Plectropomus leopardus (non Lacepède, 1802) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Plectropomus leopardus (non Lacepède, 1802)
Plectropomus maculatum melanoleucum (Lacepède, 1802) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Plectropomus maculatum melanoleucum (Lacepède, 1802)
Plectropomus maculatus (non Bloch, 1790) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Plectropomus maculatus (non Bloch, 1790)
Plectropomus melanoleucus (Lacepède, 1802) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Plectropomus melanoleucus (Lacepède, 1802)
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Swartsaal-luiperdkabeljou - Afrikaans South Africa Click here to show the literature
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لُؤزمُسْرَج - Arabic - Click here to show the literature
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Sheosheol taiyaaw - Carolinian Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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Babonne - Creole, French Mauritius Click here to show the literature
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Saint sillac - Creole, French Mauritius Click here to show the literature
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Vieille Saint-Sillac - Creole, French Mauritius Click here to show the literature
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Black-saddled coral trout - English Maldives Click here to show the literature
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Black-saddled leopardgrouper - English South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Blacksaddle coralgrouper - English Hawaii Click here to show the literature
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Blacksaddled coralgrouper - English - Click here to show the literature
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Blacksaddled coralgrouper - English Philippines(Surigao del Norte (Cagdianao; Surigao City)) Click here to show the literature
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Bluespot trout - English Australia Click here to show the literature
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Chinese footballer - English Australia Click here to show the literature
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Chinese footballer - English Papua New Guinea Click here to show the literature
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Coral trout - English Australia Click here to show the literature
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Footballer cod - English Indonesia Click here to show the literature
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Footballer trout - English Australia Click here to show the literature
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Giant coral trout - English Guam Click here to show the literature
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Giant coralgrouper - English Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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Giant coraltrout - English Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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Oceanic trout - English Australia Click here to show the literature
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Saddleback coralgrouper - English Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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Saddleback grouper - English Guam Click here to show the literature
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Saddleback grouper - English Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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Tiger trout - English Australia Click here to show the literature
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Babonne - French Mauritius Click here to show the literature
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Mérou sellé - French - Click here to show the literature
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Saumonée tigre - French Maldives Click here to show the literature
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Saumonnée - French Mauritius Click here to show the literature
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Karamalabo - Gela West Nggela Click here to show the literature
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Gefleckter Felsenbarsch - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Kokuhan-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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Kerapu bara - Malay (individual language) Malaysia Click here to show the literature
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Sunuk - Malay (individual language) Malaysia Click here to show the literature
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Thilaakolhu faana - Maldivian Maldives Click here to show the literature
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横斑刺鳃鮨 Heng ban ci sai yi Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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橫斑刺鰓鮨 Heng ban cih sai yi Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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石斑 Shi ban Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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石斑 Shih ban Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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过鱼 Guo yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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過魚 Guo yu Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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Kuai Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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Kuai Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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黑鞍鰓棘鱸 Hei an sai ji lu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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黑鞍鳃棘鲈 - Mandarin Chinese - Click here to show the literature
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黑鞍鳃棘鲈 Hei an sai ji lu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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黑鰓棘鱸 Hei sai ji lu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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黑鳃棘鲈 Hei sai ji lu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Jawe - Marshallese - Click here to show the literature
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Joweme - 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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Garoupa selada - Portuguese Mozambique Click here to show the literature
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Wayeer - Somali Somalia Click here to show the literature
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Mero ensillado - Spanish - Click here to show the literature
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Baghak - Surigaonon Philippines(Surigao del Norte (Cagdianao; Surigao City)) Click here to show the literature
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Chewa - Swahili (individual language) Tanzania Click here to show the literature
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Mzungu - Swahili (individual language) Tanzania 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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Ca mu cham - Vietnamese Viet Nam Click here to show the literature
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Sunong-kabang - Visayan Philippines 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: Kenya to Delagoa Bay, Mozambique, eastward to the Tuamoto Islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Queensland, Australia and including most islands of the Indian Ocean and of western and central Pacific. Unknown in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf. Misidentified as Plectropomus maculatus by some authors (Ref. 6448, 6892).
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=7372
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd8b863d-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401