Coral Trout, Bluespotted Coral Trout, Common Coral Trout, Coral Trout, Leopard Coral Grouper, Leopard Coral Trout, Leopard Fish
Plectropomus leopardus, Great Barrier Reef, Photo: Graham Edgar
Plectropomus leopardus, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Plectropomus leopardus, Juvenile, QLD, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Plectropomus leopardus, Great Barrier Reef, Photo: Graham Edgar
Plectropomus leopardus, Lady Elliot Is, QLD, Photo: Rick Stuart-smith
Plectropomus leopardus, Flinders Ribbon Reef, Coral Sea, Photo: Graham Edgar
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Body, head and fins with dense uniform covering of small blue spots, background colouration from olive to grey to red, blue ring around eye. Distinguished from similar Plectropomus species by having finer spots. Length to 120 cm.
Information
Max Size: 120 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 20.3-31.2°C
Depth: 3-100m
Habitat: Coral Reef
Habitat Generalisation Index: 14.7
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
Rarity
Threats: Exploitation, Habitat degradation
IUCN Threat Status: Near Threatened
Occurrence: Common (24% 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 (3 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
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