Family Serranidae - Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets
  Order
:
Serranidae Serranidae
  Class
:
Teleostei
No. in FishBase
:
Genera : 12 | Species : 101 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
:
Fresh : Yes | Brackish : Yes | Marine : Yes
  Division
:
Marine
  Aquarium
:
many
  First Fossil Record
:
lower   Tertiary     Eocene
Ref..   Berg, L.S. 1958
  Remark
:
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. Anthiinae are mostly small colorful planktivores feeding primarily on tiny crustaceans and fish eggs. They change sex from females to a few dominant males. Despite their attractive colors they need zooplankton as food and are thus not well suited for aquariums. 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. Groupers are hardy aquarium fish, but grow rapidly. Grammistinae get their name from a bitter tasting skin toxin, grammistin, which can kill other animals in an aquarium. They feed on crustaceans and fishes. Subfamilies Anthiinae, Epinephelinae (tribes Epinephelini, Niphonini, Liopropomatini, Diploprioni, Grammistini) and Serraninae (Ref. 39231). Synchronous hermaphroditism is primitive in relation to proterogyne hermaphroditism in the phylogenic evolution of Serranidae (Ref. 56921).
  Etymology
:
Latin, serranus = derived from saw, fish saw. 1803 ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
:
nonguarders
  Typical activity level
:
normal
  Main Ref.
:
  Coordinator
:
  Deep Fin Classification
:
Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Eupercaria | | | Perciformes | Serranoidei | | Serranidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Serranidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Serranus cabrilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
acceptedseniornew
Perca cabrilla Linnaeus, 1758
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
! Serranus cabrila (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymseniornew
Serranus knysnaensis Gilchrist, 1904
synonymjuniororiginal
Serranus scriba (non Linnaeus, 1758)
misappliedmisappliednew
Serranus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
acceptedseniornew
Labrus hepatus Linnaeus, 1758
synonymseniororiginal
Paracentropristis hepatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymseniornew
Labrus fasciatus Walbaum, 1792
ambiguoushomonymoriginal
Serranus scriba (Linnaeus, 1758)
acceptedseniornew
Perca scriba Linnaeus, 1758
synonymseniororiginal
Paracentropristis scriba (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymseniornew
Perca marina Linnaeus, 1758
synonymjuniororiginal
Holocentrus maroccanus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
synonymjuniororiginal
! Holocentrus moroccanus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
synonymjuniororiginal
Holocentrus argus Spinola, 1807
synonymjuniororiginal
Serranus papilionaceus Valenciennes, 1832
synonymjuniororiginal
Serranus tigrinus (Bloch, 1790)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Serranus atrobranchus (Cuvier, 1829)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Serranus flaviventris (Cuvier, 1829)
acceptedseniornew
Dules flaviventris Cuvier, 1829
synonymseniororiginal
! Serranus flauviventris (Cuvier, 1829)
synonymseniornew
Serranus tabacarius (Cuvier, 1829)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Serranus psittacinus Valenciennes, 1846
acceptedseniororiginal
Prionodes fasciatus Jenyns, 1840
synonymjuniororiginal
Serranus fasciatus (Jenyns, 1840)
synonymjuniornew
Serranus calopteryx Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
synonymjuniororiginal
Serranus bulleri Boulenger, 1895
ambiguousquestionableoriginal
Serranus phoebe Poey, 1851
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Serranus atricauda Günther, 1874
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
Serranus annularis (Günther, 1880)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Serranus aequidens Gilbert, 1890
acceptedseniororiginal
Serranus stilbostigma (Jordan & Bollman, 1890)
acceptedseniornew
Prionodes stilbostigma Jordan & Bollman, 1890
synonymseniororiginal
Serranus sanctaehelenae Boulenger, 1895
acceptedseniororiginal
Paracentropristis heterurus (non Cadenat, 1937)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Serranus baldwini (Evermann & Marsh, 1899)
acceptedseniornew
Prionodes baldwini Evermann & Marsh, 1899
synonymseniororiginal
Serranus huascarii Steindachner, 1900
acceptedseniororiginal
! Serranus huascari Steindachner, 1900
synonymseniororiginal
Serranus accraensis (Norman, 1931)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Novanthias accraensis (Norman, 1931)
ambiguousothernew
Serranus santaehelenae (non Boulenger, 1895)
misappliedmisappliedmisapplied
Serranus notospilus Longley, 1935
acceptedseniororiginal
Serranus tortugarum Longley, 1935
acceptedseniororiginal
Serranus heterurus (Cadenat, 1937)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Serranus chionaraia Robins & Starck, 1961
acceptedseniororiginal
Serranus maytagi Robins & Starck, 1961
acceptedseniororiginal
Serranus socorroensis Allen & Robertson, 1992
acceptedseniororiginal
Serranus tico Allen & Robertson, 1998
acceptedseniororiginal
Serranus sp. Not applicable
synonymotherother
Serranus aliceae Carvalho Filho & Ferreira, 2013
acceptedseniororiginal
Serranus pulcher Wirtz & Iwamoto, 2016
acceptedseniororiginal
Serranus drewesi Iwamoto, 2018
acceptedseniororiginal
Serranus inexpectatus Wirtz & Iwamoto, 2018
acceptedseniororiginal
Serraniculus pumilio Ginsburg, 1952
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
Perca philadelphica Linnaeus, 1758
synonymseniororiginal
Centropristis striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
acceptedseniornew
Labrus striatus Linnaeus, 1758
synonymseniororiginal
! Centropristes striatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymseniornew
! Centropristes melanus Ginsburg, 1952
synonymjuniororiginal
Centropristis melana Ginsburg, 1952
synonymjuniororiginal
Centropristis rufus Cuvier, 1829
acceptedseniororiginal
! Centropristes rufus Cuvier, 1829
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniororiginal
Serranus fusculus (Poey, 1861)
synonymseniornew
Centropristis ocyurus (Jordan & Evermann, 1887)
acceptedseniornew
Serranus ocyurus Jordan & Evermann, 1887
synonymseniororiginal
Dules auriga Cuvier, 1829
acceptedseniororiginal
Serranus auriga (Cuvier, 1829)
synonymseniornew
Diplectrum formosum (Linnaeus, 1766)
acceptedseniornew
Perca formosa Linnaeus, 1766
synonymseniororiginal
Diplectrum radiale (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
acceptedseniornew
Serranus radialis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
synonymseniororiginal
Diplectrum bivittatum (Valenciennes, 1828)
acceptedseniornew
Serranus bivittatus Valenciennes, 1828
synonymseniororiginal
Diplectrum conceptione (Valenciennes, 1828)
acceptedseniornew
Serranus conceptionis Valenciennes, 1828
synonymseniororiginal
Diplectrum macropoma (Günther, 1864)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Diplectrum mexicanum Hildebrand, 1948
synonymjuniororiginal
Diplectrum euryplectrum Jordan & Bollman, 1890
acceptedseniororiginal
Diplectrum sciurus Gilbert, 1892
acceptedseniororiginal
! Diplectrum sciuris Gilbert, 1892
synonymseniororiginal
Diplectrum pacificum Meek & Hildebrand, 1925
acceptedseniororiginal
Diplectrum maximum Hildebrand, 1946
acceptedseniororiginal
Diplectrum eumelum Rosenblatt & Johnson, 1974
acceptedseniororiginal
Diplectrum labarum Rosenblatt & Johnson, 1974
acceptedseniororiginal
Diplectrum rostrum Bortone, 1974
acceptedseniororiginal
Paralabrax nebulifer (Girard, 1854)
acceptedseniornew
Labrax nebulifer Girard, 1854
synonymseniororiginal
Paralabrax humeralis (Valenciennes, 1828)
acceptedseniornew
Serranus humeralis Valenciennes, 1828
synonymseniororiginal
Serranus semifasciatus Guichenot, 1848
synonymjuniororiginal
Paralabrax semifasciatus (Guichenot, 1848)
synonymjuniornew
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Gracila albomaculata (Jenyns, 1840)
synonymseniornew
Paralabrax clathratus (Girard, 1854)
acceptedseniornew
Labrax clathratus Girard, 1854
synonymseniororiginal
Paralabrax maculatofasciatus (Steindachner, 1868)
acceptedseniornew
Serranus maculatofasciatus Steindachner, 1868
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Paralabrax dewegeri (Metzelaar, 1919)
acceptedseniornew
Serranus dewegeri Metzelaar, 1919
synonymseniororiginal
Prionodes dewegeri (Metzelaar, 1919)
synonymseniornew
acceptedseniororiginal
Paralabrax loro Walford, 1936
acceptedseniororiginal
Hypoplectrus puella (Cuvier, 1828)
acceptedseniornew
Plectropoma puella Cuvier, 1828
synonymseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniornew
Hypoplectrus unicolor (non Walbaum, 1792)
misappliedmisappliednew
Hypoplectrus unicolor (Walbaum, 1792)
acceptedseniornew
Perca unicolor Walbaum, 1792
synonymseniororiginal
! Hypoplectus unicolor (Walbaum, 1792)
synonymseniornew
Hypoplectrus chlorurus (non Cuvier, 1828)
misappliedmisappliednew
Hypoplectrus puella (non Cuvier, 1828)
misappliedmisappliednew
Hypoplectrus gummigutta (non Poey, 1851)
misappliedmisappliednew
Hypoplectrus indigo (non Poey, 1851)
misappliedmisappliednew
Hypoplectrus guttavarius (non Poey, 1852)
misappliedmisappliednew
Hypoplectrus nigricans (non Poey, 1852)
misappliedmisappliednew
Hypoplectrus aberrans (non Poey, 1868)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Hypoplectrus gemma (non Goode & Bean, 1882)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Hypoplectrus chlorurus (Cuvier, 1828)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
! Hypoplectrus chlururus (Cuvier, 1828)
synonymseniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniornew
Hypoplectrus unicolor (non Walbaum, 1792)
misappliedmisappliednew
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Hypoplectrus unicolor (non Walbaum, 1792)
misappliedmisappliednew
Hypoplectrus indigo (Poey, 1851)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniornew
Hypoplectrus unicolor (non Walbaum, 1792)
misappliedmisappliednew
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Hypoplectrus unicolor (non Walbaum, 1792)
misappliedmisappliednew
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Hypoplectrus unicolor (non Walbaum, 1792)
misappliedmisappliednew
acceptedseniororiginal
Hypoplectrus unicolor (non Walbaum, 1792)
misappliedmisappliednew
acceptedseniororiginal
Hypoplectrus gemma Goode & Bean, 1882
acceptedseniororiginal
Hypoplectrus providencianus Acero P. & Garzón-Ferreira, 1994
acceptedseniororiginal
Hypoplectrus maya Lobel, 2011
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Hypoplectrus castroaguirrei Del Moral Flores, Tello-Musi & Martínez-Pérez, 2012
acceptedseniororiginal
Hypoplectrus ecosur Victor, 2012
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Hypoplectrus atlahua Tavera & Acero, 2013
acceptedseniororiginal
Hypoplectrus liberte Victor & Marks, 2018
acceptedseniororiginal
Cratinus agassizii Steindachner, 1878
acceptedseniororiginal
Chelidoperca hirundinacea (Valenciennes, 1831)
acceptedseniornew
Centropristis hirundinaceus Valenciennes, 1831
synonymseniororiginal
! Chelidoperca hirundacea (Valenciennes, 1831)
synonymseniornew
Chelidoperca pleurospilus (Günther, 1880)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniororiginal
Chelidoperca africana Cadenat, 1960
acceptedseniororiginal
Serranus africanus (Cadenat, 1960)
synonymseniornew
Chelidoperca investigatoris (non Alcock, 1890)
misappliedmisappliednew
acceptedseniororiginal
Chelidoperca investigatoris (non Alcock, 1890)
misappliedmisappliednew
Chelidoperca lecromi Fourmanoir, 1982
acceptedseniororiginal
Chelidoperca maculicauda Bineesh & Akhilesh, 2013
acceptedseniororiginal
Chelidoperca santosi Williams & Carpenter, 2015
acceptedseniororiginal
Chelidoperca margaritifera (non Weber, 1913)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Chelidoperca stella Matsunuma & Motomura, 2016
acceptedseniororiginal
Chelidoperca tosaensis Matsunuma, Yamakawa & Williams, 2017
acceptedseniororiginal
Chelidoperca margaritifera (non Weber, 1913)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Chelidoperca barazeri Lee, Lee, Matsunuma & Chen, 2019
acceptedseniororiginal
Chelidoperca cerasina Ogino, Lee, Chen & Matsunuma, 2019
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymotherother
Chelidoperca leucostigmata Lee, Lee, Matsunuma & Chen, 2019
acceptedseniororiginal
Chelidoperca microdon Lee, Lee, Matsunuma & Chen, 2019
acceptedseniororiginal
Chelidoperca flavolineata Matsunuma, Tan & Peristiwady, 2020
acceptedseniororiginal
Chelidoperca sp. 2 Not applicable
synonymotherother
Chelidoperca flavimacula Psomadakis, Gon & Htut, 2021
acceptedseniororiginal
Chelidoperca sp. B Not applicable
synonymotherother
Chelidoperca formosa Tang & Ho, 2021
acceptedseniororiginal
Chelidoperca myathantuni Psomadakis, Gon & Htut, 2021
acceptedseniororiginal
Chelidoperca sp. A Not applicable
synonymotherother
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
Serranus incisus Colin, 1978
synonymseniororiginal
Schultzea beta (Hildebrand, 1940)
acceptedseniornew
Serranus beta Hildebrand, 1940
synonymseniororiginal
Schultzetta beta (Hildebrand, 1940)
synonymseniornew
acceptedseniororiginal
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