| Citation | Heemstra, P.C., E. Heemstra, D.A. Ebert, W. Holleman and J.E. Randall (eds.), 2022, Coastal fishes of the Western Indian Ocean Vol. 3.. South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, a National Research Facility of the National Research Foundation (NRF-SAIAB), 642 p. |
| Ref. | Heemstra, P.C., E. Heemstra, D.A. Ebert, W. Holleman and J.E. Randall (eds.), 2022 |
| Page | 475-76;pl.15,23 -24 |
| Named Used as Valid | Plectropomus marisrubri |
| Comment | |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | Endemic to Red Sea (common in northern Red Sea, including Gulf of Aqaba). |
| Quote | Red Sea coralgrouper; Piscivorous; found on or near coral reefs and outer-reef slopes, sometimes in lagoons or over seagrass and sandy areas, to at least 85 m deep. A popular food fish on Saudi Arabian coast and heavily fished. Formerly considered a subspecies, with Plectropomus pessuliferus marisrubri from the Red Sea and P. p. pessuliferus from the Indo-Pacific. |