Plectropomus maculatus Spotted coralgrouper

Plectropomus maculatus is commonly referred to as Spotted coralgrouper. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

5204 

AphiaID:

218267 

Scientific:

Plectropomus maculatus 

German:

Kinnstreifen-Forellenbarsch, Flecken-Forellenbarsch 

English:

Spotted Coralgrouper 

Category:

Groupers 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Plectropomus (Genus) > maculatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Bloch, ), 1790 

Occurrence:

Hong Kong, Australia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Taiwan, Thailand, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, Vietnam, Western Pacific Ocean 

Size:

23.62" - 39.37" (60cm - 100cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates, Living Food, Predatory, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Sepia, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Plectropomus areolatus
  Dunkelflossen-Forellenbarsch
• 
  Plectropomus laevis
  Sattel-Forellenbarsch
• 
  Plectropomus leopardus
  Leopardforellenbarsch
• 
  Plectropomus maculatus
  Kinnstreifen-Forellenbarsch, Flecken-Forellenbarsch
• 
  Plectropomus oligacanthus
  Blaustreifen-Forellenbarsch
• 
  Plectropomus pessuliferus
  Panther-Forellenbarsch
• 
  Plectropomus punctatus
  Afrikanischer Forellenbarsch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-03-27 20:17:32 

Last edit:

2013-03-27 20:17:32 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Plectropomus maculatus has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Plectropomus maculatus in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Plectropomus maculatus. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

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