Blacksaddle Coralgrouper
Plectropomus laevis
The Blacksaddle Coralgrouper (Plectropomus laevis) is a tropical marine fish of the family Serranidae. It lives on and around reefs, between 4 and 100 m deep. It grows to 125 cm (total length). The IUCN Red List rates it Least Concern.
- Size
- 125 cmtotal length
- Depth
- 4–100 m
- Climate zone
- Tropical
In the wild
- Water type
- Marine
- Climate zone
- Tropical
- Habitat
- Coral and rocky reefs
Depth
surface
4 m100 m
Conservation status
Classification
- FamilySerranidae
- GenusPlectropomus
- SpeciesPlectropomus laevis
Quick answers
- Blacksaddle Coralgrouper size: how big does it get?
- It grows to 125 cm (total length).
- Blacksaddle Coralgrouper: is it endangered?
- The IUCN Red List rates it Least Concern.
Related species
Spotted Coral GrouperPlectropomus maculatus
Leopard CoralgrouperPlectropomus leopardus
Squaretail CoralgrouperPlectropomus areolatus
Highfin CoralgrouperPlectropomus oligacanthus
Chalk bassSerranus tortugarum
Purple RockcodEpinephelus cyanopodus
Goldspotted RockcodEpinephelus coioides
Eightbar GrouperHyporthodus octofasciatus
Rankin CodEpinephelus multinotatus
Greasy RockcodEpinephelus tauvina
Camouflage GrouperEpinephelus polyphekadion
Yellow-edged LyretailVariola louti
Sources
The figures on this page are compiled from the references below.