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Common names: Ferreiro-serrano, Serrano-ferreiro
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in Tagus estuary (Ref. 51031).
National Checklist: Portugal
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/po.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Smith, C.L., 1990
National Database: Portuguese Freshwater Fishes

Common names from other countries

Serran-tambour, Merillo, Serran hépate, ... more

Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > Serranidae (Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets)
Etymology: Serranus: Latin, serran, serranus, saw and a fish of genus Serranus (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 5 - 100 m (Ref. 2739). Subtropical; 45°N - 12°N, 19°W - 36°E

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Eastern Atlantic: Portugal and the Canary Islands, south to Senegal. Also throughout the western and the eastern Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m 7.8 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 2739); common length : 15.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 26999)

Found over seagrass, sand, mud and rocks (Ref. 2739). Carnivorous, decapods dominate the diet. Adapts well in an aquarium (Ref. 12382). A synchronous hermaphrodite (Ref. 56921).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve

Manifests synchronous hermaphroditism, particularly, differentiation of the ovary is earlier than that of the testis (Ref. 56921).

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore : Heemstra, Phillip C. | Collaboratori

Smith, C.L., 1990. Serranidae. p. 695-706. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 3589)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 10 May 2013

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale; Acquario: Commerciale

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 14.3 - 21, mean 18.3 (based on 184 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01175 (0.01013 - 0.01363), b=3.04 (3.00 - 3.08), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.5 ±0.4 se; based on diet studies.

Resilienza (Ref. 120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (37 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium.

Serranus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1758)