Serranidae

Serranidae is a large family Family

A family consists of a domestic group [i] of people , typically affiliated by birth or marriage, ... 

 of fish Fish

A fish is a water [i]-dwelling vertebrate [i] with gills [i], that remains so throughout its life. ... 

es, belonging to the order Perciformes Perciformes

The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, include about 40% of all fish [i] ... 

. The family contains about 500 species of serranids in more than 60 genera, including the sea basses and the grouper Grouper

Groupers are fish [i] of any of a number of genera [i] in the subfamily Epinephelinae of the ... 

s . They range in size from the belted sandfish Belted sandfish

The Belted sandfish is a member of the Serranidae [i] family. ... 

  which grows to 4.5 in up to the itajara Goliath grouper

The goliath grouper or itajara is a large saltwater fish of the grouper [i] family. ... 

  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 reef Reef

In nautical terminology, a reef is a rock [i], sandbar [i], or other feature lying beneath the ... 

s, in tropical Tropics

The tropics are the geographic region of the Earth [i] centered on the equator [i] and limited in latitude [i] ... 

 to sub-tropical waters along the coasts. Many species are sequential hermaphrodites Hermaphrodite

[i] and [[female]... 

, starting out as males and changing sex to female later in life.

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Serranidae is a large family Family

A family consists of a domestic group [i] of people , typically affiliated by birth or marriage, ... 

 of fish Fish

A fish is a water [i]-dwelling vertebrate [i] with gills [i], that remains so throughout its life.... 

es, belonging to the order Perciformes Perciformes

The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, include about 40% of all fish [i] ... 

. The family contains about 500 species of serranids in more than 60 genera, including the sea basses and the grouper Grouper

Groupers are fish [i] of any of a number of genera [i] in the subfamily Epinephelinae of the ... 

s . They range in size from the belted sandfish Belted sandfish

The Belted sandfish is a member of the Serranidae [i] family. ... 

  which grows to 4.5 in up to the itajara Goliath grouper

The goliath grouper or itajara is a large saltwater fish of the grouper [i] family.... 

  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 reef Reef

In nautical terminology, a reef is a rock [i], sandbar [i], or other feature lying beneath the ... 

s, in tropical Tropics

The tropics are the geographic region of the Earth [i] centered on the equator [i] and limited in latitude [i] ... 

 to sub-tropical waters along the coasts. Many species are sequential hermaphrodites Hermaphrodite

[i] and [[female]... 

, starting out as males and changing sex to female later in life. They produce large quantities of eggs and their larvae are planktonic Plankton

Plankton are drifting organisms that inhabit the water column [i] of ocean [i]s, sea [i]s, ... 

, generally at the mercy of ocean currents until they are ready to settle into adult populations.

Classification

• Subfamily Anthiinae Anthiinae
  
  Perhaps the quintessential "reef" fish, anthias make up a sizeable portion of the population of pink, or... 
  
  
• Anatolanthias
• Anthias Anthiinae
  
  Perhaps the quintessential "reef" fish, anthias make up a sizeable portion of the population of pink, or... 
  
  
  
• 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 Grouper
  
  Groupers are fish [i] of any of a number of genera [i] in the subfamily Epinephelinae of the ... 
  
  
• Aethaloperca
• Alphestes
• Anyperodon
• Aulacocephalus Goldribbon soapfish
  
  The goldribbon soapfish or goldstripe groper is a large marine [i] fish of the grouper [i] family,... 
  
  
• Cephalopholis
  
• Cromileptes
  
• Dermatolepis
• Epinephelides
• Epinephelus Epinephelus
  
  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
  

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