Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Highfin Coralgrouper being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Plectropomus leopardus
- Plectropomus marisrubri
- Variola albimarginata
- Plectropomus areolatus
- Variola louti
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Epinephelidae
- Genus
- Plectropomus
- Species
- Plectropomus oligacanthus
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