Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Dark Variation
Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Dark Variation
Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and
Indo-Pacific Reefs
Blacksaddled Coral Grouper
Plectropomus laevis
Blacksaddled Coral Grouper
Category: Groupers
Scientific Name: Plectropomus laevis
Size: Up to 4 ft. (125 cm)
Depth: 15-250 ft. (5-75 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Perciformes (Order)
└Percoidei (Suborder)
└Epinephelidae (Family)
└Plectropomus (Genus)
└P. laevis (Species)
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