Marbled coralgrouper (Plectropomus punctatus)

Scientific name: Plectropomus punctatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824

The Marbled coralgrouper (Plectropomus punctatus) is a marine fish of the family Serranidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 7 - 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-12; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Scientific name: Plectropomus punctatus
Family: Serranidae (Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets)
Order: Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length: 96.0
Depth range: 3–62 m (10–203 ft)
Environment: Marine; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 62 m, usually ? - 10 m
Climate: Tropical
Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Kenya to South Africa, Comoros, Madagascar, Aldabra, Seychelles, Mauritius, St. Brandon's Shoals, Nazareth Bank, and the Chagos Archipelago. Unknown from the Red Sea, Persian Gulf, and the Asian coast from Arabia to India.
Conservation status (IUCN): Data deficient (DD), IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group
Threat to humans: Harmless
Uses: Fisheries: commercial
Resilience: Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Last updated 27 September 2026