Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India

Plectropomus leopardus (Lacepède, 1802) (Pisces: Serranidae), an addition to the Indian ichthyofauna

Volume 54 Issue 1

K. Sujatha and K.V.L. Shrikanya doi: 10.6024/jmbai.2012.54.1.01669-16

Abstract

Leopard coral grouper Plectropomus leopardus(Lacepède,1802) is being reported from Indian waters for the first time, its earlier record being from the western Pacific, from southern Japan to Australia (Queensland and Western Australia) and eastward to the Caroline Islands and Fiji, Hongkong, Vietnam, Philippines,Indonesia, Palau Islands, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia and Tonga. Body measurements are compared with specimens from other locations.

Keywords

Plectropomus leopardus, Grouper, new record, Indian waters.

Date : 27-06-2012