Serranidae
Serranidae is a large
family of
fishes, belonging to the order
Perciformes. The family contains about 500 species of serranids in more than 60 genera, including the sea basses and the
groupers . They range in size from the
belted sandfish which grows to 4.5 in up to the
itajara which grows to 7 ft 10 in and weighs up to 680 lb .
Many of these species are brightly colored, and many are caught commercially for food. They are usually found over
reefs, in
tropical to sub-tropical waters along the coasts. Many species are sequential
hermaphrodites, starting out as males and changing sex to female later in life.
Encyclopedia
Serranidae is a large
family of
fishes, belonging to the order
Perciformes. The family contains about 500 species of serranids in more than 60 genera, including the sea basses and the
groupers . They range in size from the
belted sandfish which grows to 4.5 in up to the
itajara which grows to 7 ft 10 in and weighs up to 680 lb .
Many of these species are brightly colored, and many are caught commercially for food. They are usually found over
reefs, in
tropical to sub-tropical waters along the coasts. Many species are sequential
hermaphrodites, starting out as males and changing sex to female later in life. They produce large quantities of eggs and their larvae are
planktonic, generally at the mercy of ocean currents until they are ready to settle into adult populations.
Classification
- Subfamily Anthiinae
- Anatolanthias
- Anthias
- Caesioperca
- Caprodon
- Dactylanthias
- Giganthias
- Hemanthias
- Holanthias
- Hypoplectrodes
- Lepidoperca
- Luzonichthys
- Nemanthias
- Odontanthias
- Othos
- Planctanthias
- Plectranthias
- Pronotogrammus
- Pseudanthias
- Rabaulichthys
- Sacura
- Selenanthias
- Serranocirrhitus
- Tosana
- Tosanoides
- Trachypoma
- Subfamily Epinephelinae
- Aethaloperca
- Alphestes
- Anyperodon
- Aulacocephalus
- Cephalopholis
- Cromileptes
- Dermatolepis
- Epinephelides
- Epinephelus is a genus [i] of grouper [i]s. They are large sea fish. ...
- Gonioplectrus
- Gracila
- Grammistops
- Mycteroperca
- Niphon
- Paranthias
- Plectropomus
- Pogonoperca
- Saloptia
- Triso
- Variola
- Subfamily Grammistinae
- Belonoperca
- Rypticus
- Diploprion
- Aporops
- Pseudogramma
- Suttonia
- Grammistes
- Subfamily Liopropomatinae
- Bathyanthias
- Jeboehlkia
- Liopropoma
- Rainfordia
- Subfamily Serraninae
- Acanthistius
- Bullisichthys
- Centropristis
- Chelidoperca
- Cratinus
- Diplectrum
- Hypoplectrus
- Paralabrax
- Parasphyraenops
- Schultzea
- Serraniculus
- Serranus
- incertae sedis
- Caesioscorpis
- Hemilutjanus
References