Roving coralgrouper
| Roving coralgrouper | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Serranidae |
| Genus: | Plectropomus |
| Species: | P. pessuliferus |
| Binomial name | |
| Plectropomus pessuliferus (Fowler, 1904) | |
The roving coralgrouper (Plectropomus pessuliferus) is a species of fish in the Serranidae family. It is found at reefs in the Indo-Pacific and reaches 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) in length.[1] This carnivorous fish sometimes engages in cooperative hunting with the giant moray (Gymnothorax javanicus).[2]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Plectropomus pessuliferus" in FishBase. May 2012 version.
- ↑ Bshary R, Hohner A, Ait-el-Djoudi K, Fricke H (Dec 2006). "Interspecific communicative and coordinated hunting between groupers and giant moray eels in the Red Sea". PLoS Biol. 4 (12): e431. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0040431. PMC 1750927. PMID 17147471.
External links
Near-threatened status, list of synonyms
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