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Rare occurrence of the blacksaddled coral grouper

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Title Rare occurrence of the blacksaddled coral grouper
 
Creator Sreeram, Miriam Paul
Sreekumar, K M
Thobias, P A
Sethulakshmi, M
Divya, K A
Varsha, M S
Raju, Aju K
 
Subject Rare occurrence
Coral Reefs
Groupers
 
Description The blacksaddled coral grouper Plectropomuslaevis (Lacepède, 1801) is a member of the familySerranidae and is usually found associated with coralreefs. It occurs in the Indian ocean and tropicalWestern and Central Pacific, but is considered tobe uncommon to rare, except in coral reef environs,throughout its range. It is classified as Vulnerablein the IUCN Red List owing to its natural rarity incoastal seas and substantial decline in populationswherever it is fished in coral reef regions.
 
Publisher ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2016
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/11425/1/MFIS-12.pdf
Sreeram, Miriam Paul and Sreekumar, K M and Thobias, P A and Sethulakshmi, M and Divya, K A and Varsha, M S and Raju, Aju K (2016) Rare occurrence of the blacksaddled coral grouper. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (228). p. 23. ISSN 0254-380 X