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Plectropomus laevis, Blacksaddled coralgrouper : fisheries, gamefish

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Plectropomus laevis (Lacepède, 1801)

Blacksaddled coralgrouper
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Philippines country information

Common names: Baghak, Baghak, Blacksaddled coralgrouper
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Recorded from Lanuza Bay (Ref. 104756). Recorded in the live fish trade in Balabac, southern Palawan (Ref. 104484). Museum: USNM 170772, 146935; FMNH 47363; BPBM 22997. Also Ref. 3150, 393, 53416, 121724.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall, 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Mérou sellé, Mero ensillado, لُؤزمُسْرَج, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > Epinephelidae (Groupers)
Etymology: Plectropomus: Greek,plektron = anything to strike with, spur + Greek, poma = cover, operculum (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Lacepède.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 4 - 100 m (Ref. 6390).   Tropical; 30°N - 33°S, 33°E - 134°W (Ref. 5222)

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