WoRMS taxon details

Plectropomus laevis (Lacepède, 1801)

218260  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218260)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Labrus laevis Lacepède, 1801) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34.
page(s): 431, 477, Pl. 23 (fig. 2) [details]   
Description A voracious piscivore inhabiting lagoon and seaward reefs in areas of rich coral growth. Feeds exclusively on fishes. The...  
Description A voracious piscivore inhabiting lagoon and seaward reefs in areas of rich coral growth. Feeds exclusively on fishes. The prey comprises a variety of large reef fishes, including groupers, and this diet of large fishes is responsible for the high concentrations of ciguatera toxins. Juveniles may mimic the pufferfish @Canthigaster valentini@.  [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Plectropomus laevis (Lacepède, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218260 on 2024-04-16
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed

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original description  (of Labrus laevis Lacepède, 1801) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34.
page(s): 431, 477, Pl. 23 (fig. 2) [details]   

original description  (of Bodianus cyclostomus Lacepède, 1802) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1802). Histoire naturelle des poissons: IV. <em>chez Plassan: Paris, France.</em> v. 4: i-xliv + 1-728, Pl. 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705733
page(s): 282, 293 [details]   

original description  (of Bodianus melanoleucus Lacepède, 1802) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1802). Histoire naturelle des poissons: IV. <em>chez Plassan: Paris, France.</em> v. 4: i-xliv + 1-728, Pl. 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705733
page(s): 283, 296 [details]   

context source (HKRMS) To, W. L. (2009). The biology, fishery of groupers (family: Serranidae) in Hong Kong and adjacent waters, and implications for management. PhD thesis. The University of Hong Kong. [details]   

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description A voracious piscivore inhabiting lagoon and seaward reefs in areas of rich coral growth. Feeds exclusively on fishes. The prey comprises a variety of large reef fishes, including groupers, and this diet of large fishes is responsible for the high concentrations of ciguatera toxins. Juveniles may mimic the pufferfish @Canthigaster valentini@.  [details]
LanguageName 
English blacksaddled coralgrouper  [details]
Japanese コクハンアラ  [details]