Plectropomus maculatus
Bar-cheeked coral trout | Bar-cheeked Trout | Barred-cheek Coral Trout | Island Trout | Leopard Fish | Leopard Trout | Spotted Coralgrouper
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Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Blue spots elongating into streaks on head, diminishing in size and becoming circular towards tail; juveniles with dark stripe from snout to tail. Length to 100 cm.
Information
Max Size: 100 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 20.2-32.2°C
Depth: 3-100m
Habitat Generalization Index: 17.62
Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.
Conservation and Rarity
IUCN Status: Least Concern
Occurrence: Common (29.8% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Few (2 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
Edit by: Joe Shields