Plectropomus areolatus
Squaretail coral trout
©Anne Hoggett: Plectropomus areolatus at Watson's Bay, Lizard Island. Note broad submarginal band, yellow in this individual but may be pale or dark (Fishes of Australia accessed 7 Apr 2019).
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Perciformes
Family
Serranidae
Genus
Plectropomus
Species
Plectropomus areolatus
Status
vulnerable
Colours
Distinguishing features
Distinguishing features still need to be specified.
Size
- Up to 80 cm (length according to Allen et al, 2003)
Depth range
- Depth range data is not yet available.
Synonyms
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Local abundance
- Lizard Island: Much less common than Plectropomus leopardus and Plectropomus laevis
Web resources
- World Register of Marine Species
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- iNaturalist
- Atlas of Living Australia
- Fishes of Australia - Plectropomus areolatus
- Fishes of Australia (Museum of Victoria)
- Fishbase
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References
References that assist with identification
- Allen, G., R. Steene, P. Humann and N. Deloach (2003). Reef fish identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, FL, USA.
Other references
- Bott, N.J., T.L. Miller and T.H. Cribb (2013). Bucephalidae (Platyhelminthes: Digenea) of Plectropomus (Serranidae: Epinephelinae) in the tropical Pacific. Parasitology Research, 112: 2561-2584. LIRS catalog number 1717.
- Jabbar, A., A. Asnoussi, L.J. Norbury, A. Eisenbarth, S. Shamsi, R.B. Gasser, A.L. Lopata and I. Beveridge (2012). Larval anisakid nematodes in teleost fishes from Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research, 63: 1283-1299. LIRS catalog number 1584.
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