Blacksaddled Coral Grouper

Plectropomus laevis

Also known as: Blacksaddle Coral Grouper, Blacksaddle Grouper, Black-saddled Coral Trout, Black-saddled Leopard Grouper, Bluespot Coral Trout, Bluespot Trout, Blue-spotted Coral Trout, Chinese Footballer, Chinese Footballer Cod, Coral Trout, Footballer Cod, Footballer Coral Trout, Footballer Trout, Giant Coral Grouper, Giant Coral Trout, Hind, Leopard Black-saddled Coral Grouper, Leopard Coral Grouper, Oceanic Coral Trout, Oceanic Trout, Rockcod, Saddleback Coral Grouper, Saddleback Coral Trout, Saddleback Grouper, Spotted Coral Grouper, Tiger Trout, Trout

ALSO KNOWN AS

Blacksaddle Coral Grouper
Blacksaddle Grouper
Black-saddled Coral Trout
Black-saddled Leopard Grouper
Bluespot Coral Trout
Bluespot Trout
Blue-spotted Coral Trout
Chinese Footballer
Chinese Footballer Cod
Coral Trout
Footballer Cod
Footballer Coral Trout
Footballer Trout
Giant Coral Grouper
Giant Coral Trout
Hind
Leopard Black-saddled Coral Grouper
Leopard Coral Grouper
Oceanic Coral Trout
Oceanic Trout
Rockcod
Saddleback Coral Grouper
Saddleback Coral Trout
Saddleback Grouper
Spotted Coral Grouper
Tiger Trout
Trout

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2018

LIFE STAGE

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Blacksaddle coral grouper juvenile: Plectropomus laevis — Blacksaddled Coral Grouper juvenile, photographed at Embudu and Vilamendu, Maldives — @Monikaw · Embudu and Vilamendu, Maldives · February 20161 / 3

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Overview

Juveniles found over rubble areas in shallow reefs, colourful like a bright football, mimicking the poisonous Saddled Pufferfish. Juveniles found over rubble areas of shallow reefs, colourful like a bright football, mimicking the poisonous Saddled Pufferfish.

How to identify

COLOURS

Pattern: bars black bars speckles
Fins & Tail: yellow tail
Behaviour: mimic schooling solitary

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Habitat & where to find it

Where the juvenile stage lives, and where its photos were taken.

Range · Indo-Pacific
Country only · 3

LIVES IN

Juveniles found over rubble areas in shallow reefs, colourful like a bright football, mimicking the poisonous Saddled Pufferfish.

RANGE

Indo-Pacific

Juvenile photos 3

Discussion 4

4 comments

fishx6Top Contributor· 27 Mar 2016
Thank you for that, has now been moved to its rightful place!
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markn· 26 Mar 2016
sorry just the 3rd one, it is just that the black /white markings don't follow the other photos and it looks very much like a photo i have of a juvenile bigeyed bream taken in Rarotonga
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mark· 24 Mar 2016
this is a bit indistinct but could this photo be of a juvenile humpnose bigeyed bream instead of a juvenile blacksaddle coral grouper? The black markings seem more like the bream than the grouper
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fishx6Top Contributor· 25 Mar 2016
Which photo did you mean or did you mean all of them?
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