WoRMS taxon details
Plectropomus punctatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
218268 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218268)
accepted
Species
Plecostomus punctatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) · unaccepted
Plectropoma maculatum var. E Boulenger, 1895 · unaccepted (synonym)
Plectropoma maculatum var. G Playfair, 1867 · unaccepted (synonym)
Plectropoma punctatum Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 · unaccepted
Plectropomus marmoratus Talbot, 1959 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Plectropoma punctatum Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824-1825). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. <em>In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M.</em> 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871183#page/204/mode/1up [details]
Description Usually found in shallow water (less than 10 m), however, Kyushin et al. (1977, Ref. 6894) reported specimens caught on a...
Description Usually found in shallow water (less than 10 m), however, Kyushin et al. (1977, Ref. 6894) reported specimens caught on a vertical longline at depths of 45 to 62 m. Feeds exclusively on fishes (parrotfishes, wrasses, holocentrids, acanthurids, a triggerfish, and a juvenile @Sphyraena@) (Ref. 6448). Also caught with trolling and benthic longlines. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Plectropomus punctatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218268 on 2025-05-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Plectropoma punctatum Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824-1825). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. <em>In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M.</em> 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871183#page/204/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Usually found in shallow water (less than 10 m), however, Kyushin et al. (1977, Ref. 6894) reported specimens caught on a vertical longline at depths of 45 to 62 m. Feeds exclusively on fishes (parrotfishes, wrasses, holocentrids, acanthurids, a triggerfish, and a juvenile @Sphyraena@) (Ref. 6448). Also caught with trolling and benthic longlines. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | marbled coralgrouper | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Plectropomus marmoratus Talbot, 1959)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Plectropoma punctatum Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plectropomus punctatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Plectropomus marmoratus Talbot, 1959)
To FishBase (from synonym Plectropoma punctatum Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To FishBase (from synonym Plectropomus punctatus punctatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824))
To FishBase images (Plectropomus punctatus, Seychelles, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Plectropoma punctatum Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plectropomus punctatus FIN034033 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Plectropomus marmoratus Talbot, 1959)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Plectropoma punctatum Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plectropomus punctatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Plectropomus marmoratus Talbot, 1959)
To FishBase (from synonym Plectropoma punctatum Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To FishBase (from synonym Plectropomus punctatus punctatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824))
To FishBase images (Plectropomus punctatus, Seychelles, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Plectropoma punctatum Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plectropomus punctatus FIN034033 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
