Scientific Name	Plectropomus leopardus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Lacepède, 1802)	Depth	3 - 100M
Chinese	花斑刺鰓鮨	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	鮨科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F338　Serranidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	豹紋鰓棘鱸
Max Length	120 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	鱠、過魚、石斑、七星斑、青條、東星斑、紅條(澎湖)、黑條(澎湖)
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North、North East、PonFu
Habitats	Coral、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	No locality
Synonyms	Acanthistius leopardinus, Cephalopholis miniatus, Chorististium maculatum, Holocentrus leopardus, Paracanthistius suji, Plectropoma cyanostigma, Plectropoma leopardinus, Plectropoma maculatum leopardus, Plectropoma maculatum var. b, Plectropomus maculatum, Plectropomus maculatus, Plectropomus truncatus
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	ASIZP0054733. ASIZP0054828. ASIZP0056197. ASIZP0056198. ASIZP0067087. ASIZP0067090. ASIZP0067092. ASIZP0074961. ASIZP0076162. ASIZP0802336. ASIZP0802338. ASIZP0802830. ASIZP0806508. ASIZP0807078. ASIZP0912336. ASIZP0912338. ASIZP0912830. ASIZP0916508. ASIZP0916911. ASIZP0917078. FRIP00868. NMMBP05297. NMMBP06307. NMMBP06557. NTMP0542. NTMP0563. NTMP0727. NTUM00815. NTUM04628. NTUM06832. NTUM07468. NTUM08240. NTUM08588. RUSI28053. RUSI31816. RUSI35633. ...List all 36 records...
Barcode	2012-01-15,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-01-15,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-01-15,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100% 2016-01-27,HAN-YANG,CO1,100%
Common Name	Red coral trout; Blue-dotted coral-trout; Coral grouper; Coral trout; Common coral trout; Leopard trout; Leopard coralgrouper; Leopard-cod; Leopard coral trout
Redlist Status	IUCN Redlist: Lower Risk/near threatened(NT)  2004-04-30 IUCN Group
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 soft ray contained 2.2 to 2.7 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 15 to 17; pectoral fins subequal to pelvic fins, pectoral-fin length contained 1.9 to 2.2 times in head length; caudal fin emarginate, the caudal concavity contained 5 to 12 times in head length. Lateral-line scales 89 to 99.
habitats	P. leopardus occurs on coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific region at depths of 3 to 100 m. Goeden (1978) studied age, growth and biology of P. leopardus from the Great Barrier Reef. Annual growth increments and age were determined from modal sep
Distribution	Western Pacific, from southern Japan to Australia (Queensland and Western Australia) and eastward to the Caroline Islands and Fiji. We have also examined specimens from Hong Kong, Viet Nam, Philippines, Indonesia, Palau Islands, Papua New Guinea, and New
Utility	P. leopardus is a popular food fish and sometimes causes ciguatera.