Scientific Name	Plectropomus laevis   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Lacepède, 1801)	Depth	4 - 100M
Chinese	橫斑刺鰓鮨	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	鮨科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F338　Serranidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	黑鞍鰓棘鱸
Max Length	125 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	豹鱠、過魚、雜星斑、黑條
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South、Greeb IS.、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Indian Ocean
Synonyms	Bodianus cyclostomus, Bodianus melanoleucos, Bodianus melanoleucus, Labrus laevis, Paracanthistius maculatus, Paracanthistius melanoleucus, Plectropoma maculatum, Plectropoma maculatum var. A, Plectropoma maculatum var. B, Plectropoma maculatum var. C, Plectropoma melanoleucum, Plectropomus leopardus, Plectropomus maculatum melanoleucum ...all 15..
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Heemstra, P.C. etc. 1993 Leis, J.M. etc. 1999
Specimen List	ASIZP0056140. ASIZP0061293. ASIZP0061295. ASIZP0071093. ASIZP0075194. ASIZP0075300. ASIZP0804253. ASIZP0806669. ASIZP0806674. ASIZP0916669. ASIZP0916674. NMMSTP00017. NTMP0125. NTUM08380. NTUM08381. NTUM08382.
Barcode	2012-01-15,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2014-10-30,Kwang-Tsao Shao,CO1,100%
Common Name	Saddleback grouper; Saddleback coralgrouper; Oceanic trout; Tiger trout; Black-saddled coral trout; Chinese footballer; Bluespot trout; Black-saddled leopardgrouper; Coral trout; Blacksaddle coralgrouper; Blacksaddled coralgrouper; Giant coralgrouper; Gia
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with VII or VIII slender spines and 10 to 12 rays, the third or fourth spine longest, its length contained 3.2 to 4.2 times in head length, the longest dorsal-fin ray contained 2.3 to 3.3 times in head length; base of spinous part of dorsal fin subequal to that of soft-rayed part; anal fin with III slender spines and 8 rays, the first 1 or 2 spines embedded and difficult to see in large fish; pectoral-fin rays 16 to 18; pectoral fins subequal to pelvic fins, pectoral-fin length contained 2.1 to 2.4 times in head length; caudal fin emarginate, the caudal concavity contained 5 to 10 times in head length. Lateral-line scales 83 to 97.
habitats	P. laevis is a conspicuous and fairly common species on coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific region at depths of 4 to at least 90 m. A.M. Ayling (quoted in Randall and Hoese, 1986) suggested that the pale black-saddled juveniles may be mimics of the puf
Distribution	Indo-Pacific, from southern Mozambique to the Tuamotus, Austral Islands and Rapa, but not in the Red Sea or Persian Gulf. Except for the east coasts of Africa and Australia, records of P.laevis are from insular localities; it ranges from Kenya to D
Utility	Despite the danger of ciguatera poisoning, P. laevis is commonly used for food.