‹ Fish Finder· #488
Leopard Coral Grouper
Plectropomus leopardus
Bislamalos— names this kind of animal, not this species alone
- Habitat
- Reef
- Max size
- 1.5 m
- Depth
- 3-100 m
- Family
- Serranidae
The leopard coral grouper, also known as the common coral trout, leopard coral trout, blue-dotted coral grouper or spotted coral grouper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the family Epinephelidae. It is found in the Western Pacific Ocean.
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Easily confused with
Side by side, with what tells them apart.
Both are covered in small blue spots. Leopard Coral Grouper is red, olive or brown, slim, with a blue ring around the eye and a nearly square tail with a thin white edge. Blue-spotted Grouper is dark brown, its blue spots edged in black, often with five or six pale bars across the rear of the body and a pale patch on the chest, and its tail is rounded.
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Blacksaddled Coralgrouper has two looks. The footballer phase, white with black saddles and yellow fins, is unmistakable; the other is greyish with a dark head, five dark saddles along the back and small blue spots, and that is the one taken for a Leopard Coral Grouper. Leopard Coral Grouper is red-orange to olive, evenly covered in small bright blue spots, with a blue ring around the eye and no saddles.
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Two red groupers covered in blue spots. Yellow-edged Lyretail has a deep crescent tail with long, pointed upper and lower lobes, and the rear edges of its tail, dorsal and anal fins are broadly yellow, as are the tips of its pectoral fins. Leopard Coral Grouper's tail is almost square, with only a thin white margin, it has no yellow edges, and a blue ring circles its eye.
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