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Plectropomus laevis
Serranidae [Seabasses:Groupers]
54 cm [max to 125 cm]
12.4 cm
2.176 kg [max to 24.2 kg]
Marine
4 to 100 m
Commercial Fisheries; Gamefish.
No but it's found in Malaysia.
Reef-associated.
Body colours: Either reddish-brown, olive, yellow or white. Body with few dark irregular bars but sometimes indistinct or even absent. Minute blue or dark spots, about the size of the nostrils scattered over the body.
Dorsal spines:7-8, rays:10-12 ; Anal spines:3, rays:8.
