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Plectropomus leopardus Leopard coralgrouper

Plectropomus leopardus is commonly referred to as Leopard coralgrouper. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.


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lexID:
7007 
AphiaID:
218261 
Scientific:
Plectropomus leopardus 
German:
Leopardforellenbarsch 
English:
Leopard Coralgrouper 
Category:
Havbarser 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Plectropomus (Genus) > leopardus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Lacepède, ), 1802 
Occurrence:
Hong Kong, American Samoa, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Central Pazific, China, Corea, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Micronesia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, North Pacific (Ocean), Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, Tonga, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Pacific Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
3 - 100 Meter 
Size:
13.78" - 47.24" (35cm - 120cm) 
Temperature:
76.46 °F - 84.2 °F (24.7°C - 29°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates, Nekton, Predatory, Rock lobster, Schrimps, Sepia 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Has a poison harmful to health 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Near threatened (NT) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-08-31 17:50:01 

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Plectropomus leopardus are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Plectropomus leopardus, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Plectropomus leopardus, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Plectropomus leopardus has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Plectropomus leopardus in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Plectropomus leopardus. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

Info

Lacepède, 1802)

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Der große Barsch erreicht eine maximale Größe von 120cm und ein Gewicht von über 23 Kilo und ist somit ein begehrter Eiweißlieferant für Menschen.

Größe allein hilft dem Großbarsch nicht, er wird von einigen Exoparasiten befallen, und ist auf die regelmäßige Hilfe von Putzerfischen und Putzergarnelen angewiesen, zu denen er mehrmals täglich kommt.

Zu den Parasiten gehören die Copepoden Dissonus manteri Kabata, 1966, Hatschekia plectopomi Ho & Dojiri, 1978, Lepeophtheirus plectropomi Nuñes-Ruivo, 1956 und Lepeophtheirus litus Lewis A.G., 1964.

Der Leopardforellenbarsch ist ein Bewohner korallenreicher Riffe und Lagunen in mittlerer Tiefe.

Die Fische erreichen ein Alter von bis zu 14 Jahre, wenn der Mensch sie verschont, sie sind protogyne Zwitter.

Adulte Tiere sind tagaktive Einzelgänger.

Der Fisch steht auf der Speiseliste von Menschen, steht aber im Verdacht, die gefürchtete Ciguatera-Fischvergiftung auszulösen.
Übersetzter Text

The large perch reaches a maximum size of 120cm and a weight of over 23 kilos, making it a sought-after protein supplier for humans.

Size alone does not help the largemouth bass, it is infested with some exoparasites, and depends on regular help from cleaner fish and cleaner shrimp, to which it comes several times a day.

Parasites include the copepods Dissonus manteri Kabata, 1966, Hatschekia plectopomi Ho & Dojiri, 1978, Lepeophtheirus plectropomi Nuñes-Ruivo, 1956, and Lepeophtheirus litus Lewis A.G., 1964.

The leopard trout perch is an inhabitant of coral-rich reefs and lagoons at mid-depths.

The fish reach an age of up to 14 years if spared by humans; they are protogynous hermaphrodites.

Adults are diurnal solitary animals.

The fish is on the human food list, but is suspected of causing the dreaded ciguatera fish poisoning.

Synonyms:
Acanthistius leopardinus (Cuvier, 1828)
Holocentrus leopardus Lacepède, 1802
Paracanthistius suji Tanaka, 1916
Plectropoma cyanostigma Bleeker, 1845
Plectropoma leopardinus Cuvier, 1828
Plectropoma maculatum var. b Bleeker, 1849

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Homepage Wolfram Sander, Reefcolors (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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