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Common names: Lapu-lapu
Occurrence: questionable
Salinity: marine
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Reported from Tubbataha Reefs (Ref. 53416). Not reported in Ref. 5222, 39231, occurrence needs verification.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: World Wide Fund for Nature (Philippines), 2004
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Common names from other countries

Mérou-loche vagabonde, Mero errante, لُؤز مرجان تائِه, ... more

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

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

marien rifbewoner; diepte 25 - 147 m (Ref. 5222). Tropical; 30°N - 22°S, 32°E - 173°W (Ref. 5222)

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Indo-Pacific: Red Sea, Zanzibar, Maldives, St. Brandon's Shoals, Sri Lanka, Chagos, Nazareth Bank, Sumatra, and Fiji. Recently recorded from Tonga (Ref. 53797). Subspecies, Plectropomus pessuliferus marisburi occurs in the Red Sea, while Plectropomus pessuliferus pessuliferus from the rest of the Indo-Pacific region (Ref. 3150). Often misidentified as Plectropomus maculatus.

Lengte bij maturiteit / Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd

Maturity: L_m ?, range 63 - ? cm
Max length : 120 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 5222)

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Dorsale stekels (totaal) : 7 - 8; Dorsale zachte stralen (totaal) : 10 - 12; Anale stekels: 3; Anale zachte stralen: 8.

An uncommon species (Ref. 9710) found in shallow lagoon and seaward reefs. In the Hong Kong live fish markets (Ref. 27253). Solitary (Ref 90102).

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Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall, 1993. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 16. Groupers of the world (family Serranidae, subfamily Epinephelinae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the grouper, rockcod, hind, coral grouper and lyretail species known to date. Rome: FAO. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(16):382 p. (Ref. 5222)

Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Niet bedreigd (LC) ; Date assessed: 21 November 2016

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Gevaar voor de mens

Harmless

Gebruik door de mens

Visserij: commercieel; sportvis: ja

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 22.9 - 28.4, mean 27.1 (based on 672 cells).

Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01148 (0.00558 - 0.02364), b=3.04 (2.88 - 3.20), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trofisch niveau (Ref. 69278): 4.2 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Weerstandsvermogen (Ref. 120179): laag, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd 4,5-14 jaar (Tmax=19).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High vulnerability (58 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Very high vulnerability (81 of 100).

Prijsklasse (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Plectropomus pessuliferus (Fowler, 1904)