| Common name | Painted coral trout |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | Philippines |
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| Ref. | Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall, 1993 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
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| Remarks | 'trout' from Middle English from Old English 'truht' from Low Latin 'trocta, tructa', i.e., a fish with sharp teeth, from Greek 'troktes', i.e., gnawer, from 'trogein', i.e., to gnaw (p. 1266 in Ref. 11978). |