Family

Serranidae

103 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › › Perciformes › Serranidae

Plectropomus laevis (Lacepède, 1801)

Plectropomus laevis is an Indo-Pacific reef grouper with two color phases, whose juveniles mimic a toxic puffer species.

Plectropomus leopardus (Lacepède, 1802)

Plectropomus leopardus, the leopard coral grouper, is a reef-dwelling protogynous hermaphrodite fish found in the western Pacific.

Plectropomus maculatus (Bloch, 1790)

Plectropomus maculatus is a Western Pacific reef-dwelling grouper species with blue spots found in coastal reef habitats.

Plectropomus pessuliferus (Fowler, 1904)

Plectropomus pessuliferus, the roving coral grouper, is a rare Indo-Pacific coral reef-dwelling carnivorous fish.

Variola albimarginata Baissac, 1953

Variola albimarginata, the white-edged lyretail, is an Indo-Pacific reef grouper that feeds mostly on fish and grows up to 65 cm long.

Variola louti (Forsskål, 1775)

Variola louti, the yellow-edged lyretail, is an Indo-Pacific grouper found in reef habitats between 15 and 350m depth.

Cromileptes altivelis (Valenciennes, 1828)

Cromileptes altivelis, the humpback grouper, is a medium-sized protogynous hermaphrodite fish native to the central Indo-West Pacific.

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Labridae 192 species Gobiidae 185 species Pomacentridae 183 species Blenniidae 87 species Chaetodontidae 82 species Percidae 67 species Scaridae 56 species Carangidae 56 species

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