Serranus

Serranus
Temporal range: 58.7–0 Ma Thanetian to Present [1]
Serranus baldwini
Serranus cabrilla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Subfamily: Serraninae
Genus: Serranus
G. Cuvier, 1816
Type species
Perca cabrilla
Synonyms[2]

Serranus is a genus of fish in the family Serranidae.[3] It is one of five genera known commonly as the "Atlantic dwarf sea basses".[4] These fish are hermaphrodites, each individual possessing functional male and female reproductive tissues. When a pair spawns, one fish acts as a male and the other acts as a female.[5]

  1. ^ Sepkoski, J.J.Jr (2002). "A Compendium of Fossil Marine Animal Genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Serraninae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Serranus". FishBase. August 2022 version.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Carvalho2013 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ García-Díaz, M., González, J.A., Lorente, M.J. & Tuset, V.M. (2006): Spawning season, maturity sizes, and fecundity in blacktail comber (Serranus atricauda) (Serranidae) from the eastern-central Atlantic. Fishery Bulletin, 104 (2): 159-166.