Animal Diversity Web

Plectropomus maculatus

Bar-cheeked trout

(Also: Barcheek coral trout; Coastal trout; Coral cod; Island coral trout)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Perciformes
        
        Family Serranidae (Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets)
        
        Genus Plectropomus
        
        Species Plectropomus maculatus (Bar-cheeked trout)