CaRMS taxon details
Serranidae Swainson, 1839
Serraninae Swainson, 1839 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Genus Centropristis Cuvier, 1829
- Genus Diplectrum Holbrook, 1855
- Genus Serraniculus Ginsburg, 1952
- Genus Serranus Cuvier, 1816
- Subfamily Anthiadinae Poey, 1861 accepted as Anthiadidae Poey, 1861 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subfamily Anthiinae Poey, 1861 accepted as Anthiadinae Poey, 1861 accepted as Anthiadidae Poey, 1861 (later homonym of Anthiinae Bonelli, 1813 (Coleoptera))
- Subfamily Epinephelinae Bleeker, 1874 accepted as Epinephelidae Bleeker, 1874 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subfamily Grammistinae Bleeker, 1857 accepted as Grammistidae Bleeker, 1857 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subfamily Serraninae Swainson, 1839 accepted as Serranidae Swainson, 1839 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Distribution: Tropical and temperate oceans. Some enter freshwater. Operculum bearing 3 spines - a main spine with one...
Distribution Distribution: Tropical and temperate oceans. Some enter freshwater. Operculum bearing 3 spines - a main spine with one below and one above it. Lateral line complete and continuous, not reaching onto caudal fin (lacking in one species). Dorsal fin may be notched, with 7-12 spines. Three spines on anal fin. Caudal fin usually rounded, truncate, or lunate; rarely forked. Tip of maxilla exposed even with mouth closed. No scaly axillary pelvic process. One spine on pelvic fin; soft rays 5. Branchiostegal rays usually 7. Vertebrae 24-26. Monoecious with some functional hermaphrodites; groupers are protogynous hermaphrodites. Groupers attain up to 3 m maximum length and weights of up to 400 kg. They are bottom-dwelling predators and highly commercial food fish. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Serranidae Swainson, 1839. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125561 on 2025-05-11
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Serranidae Swainson, 1839. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125561 on 2025-05-11
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Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Distribution: Tropical and temperate oceans. Some enter freshwater. Operculum bearing 3 spines - a main spine with one below and one above it. Lateral line complete and continuous, not reaching onto caudal fin (lacking in one species). Dorsal fin may be notched, with 7-12 spines. Three spines on anal fin. Caudal fin usually rounded, truncate, or lunate; rarely forked. Tip of maxilla exposed even with mouth closed. No scaly axillary pelvic process. One spine on pelvic fin; soft rays 5. Branchiostegal rays usually 7. Vertebrae 24-26. Monoecious with some functional hermaphrodites; groupers are protogynous hermaphrodites. Groupers attain up to 3 m maximum length and weights of up to 400 kg. They are bottom-dwelling predators and highly commercial food fish. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets | [details] |
| German | Zackenbarsche | [details] |
| Japanese | ヒメコダイ亜科 [from synonym]ハタ科 | [details] |
| Swedish | havsabborrfiskar | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Serraninae Swainson, 1839)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Serranidae)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Serraninae) (from synonym Serraninae Swainson, 1839)
To Genbank (from synonym Serraninae Swainson, 1839)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Serranidae FIN035184 Slide 35 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Serranidae FIN035185 Slide 35 mm)
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Serraninae Swainson, 1839)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Serranidae)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Serraninae) (from synonym Serraninae Swainson, 1839)
To Genbank (from synonym Serraninae Swainson, 1839)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Serranidae FIN035184 Slide 35 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Serranidae FIN035185 Slide 35 mm)
To ITIS
