Florent's Guide To The

Tropical 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) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Perciformes (Order)
     └Percoidei (Suborder)
      └Epinephelidae (Family) Groupers
       └Plectropomus (Genus)
        └P. laevis (Species)
WoRMS ID: 218260🔗
iNaturalist ID: 109742🔗

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