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Serranus
Serranus is a genus of fish in the family Serranidae. It is one of five genera known commonly as the "Atlantic dwarf sea basses". These fish are hermaphrodites, each individual possessing functional male and female reproductive tissues. When a pair spawns, one fish acts as a male and the other acts as a female.
34 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 34 known species
Painted Comber
speciesSerranus scriba
Comber
speciesSerranus cabrilla
Harlequin Bass
speciesSerranus tigrinus
Blacktail Comber
speciesSerranus atricauda
Brown Comber
speciesSerranus hepatus
Barred Serrano
speciesSerranus psittacinus
Butterfly-winged Comber
speciesSerranus papilionaceus
Tobaccofish
speciesSerranus tabacarius
Lantern Bass
speciesSerranus baldwini
Belted Sandfish
speciesSerranus subligarius
Chalk Bass
speciesSerranus tortugarum
Cocos Serrano
speciesSerranus tico
Phoebe
speciesSerranus phoebe
Twinspot Bass
speciesSerranus flaviventris
Sao Tome reef bass
speciesSerranus pulcher
Blackear Bass
speciesSerranus atrobranchus
Orangeback Bass
speciesSerranus annularis
Flag serrano
speciesSerranus huascarii
Saddle Bass
speciesSerranus notospilus
Socorro Serrano
speciesSerranus socorroensis
Knysna Comber
speciesSerranus knysnaensis
Poey's Bass
speciesSerranus fusculus
Barred Rockcod
speciesSerranus novemcinctus
Deep-water Comber
speciesSerranus aequidens
Clown Reef Bass
speciesSerranus heterurus
Side-blotch serrano
speciesSerranus stilbostigma
Maytag Bass
speciesSerranus maytagi
Snow Bass
speciesSerranus chionaraia
Drewes' bass
speciesSerranus drewesi
African reef bass
speciesSerranus inexpectatus
Ghanean Comber
speciesSerranus accraensis
Crosshatch bass
speciesSerranus luciopercanus
St. Helena comber
speciesSerranus sanctaehelenae
Pink reef bass
speciesSerranus aliceae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49748.