Serranus

Serranus
Temporal range: 58.7–0 Ma

Thanetian to Present [1]

Serranus baldwini
Serranus cabrilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Genus: Serranus
G. Cuvier, 1816
Type species
Perca cabrilla
Linnaeus, 1758

Serranus is a genus of fish in the family Serranidae.[2] It is one of five genera known commonly as the "Atlantic dwarf sea basses".[3] 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.[4]

Species

There are currently 30 recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. Sepkoski, J.J.Jr (2002). "A Compendium of Fossil Marine Animal Genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology,. 363: 1-560.
  2. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2016). Species of Serranus in FishBase. January 2016 version.
  3. 1 2 Carvalho Filho, A. & Ferreira, C.E.L. (2013). "A new species of dwarf sea bass, genus Serranus (Serranidae: Actinopterygii), from the southwestern Atlantic Ocean". Neotropical Ichthyology,. 11 (4): 809–814. doi:10.1590/s1679-62252013000400008.
  4. García-Díaz, M., González, J.A., Lorente, M.J. & Tuset, V.M. (2006): Spawning season, maturity sizes, and fecundity in blacktail comber (Serranus atricauda) (Serranidae) from the eastern-central Atlantic. Fishery Bulletin, 104 (2): 159-166.
  5. Wirtz, P. & Iwamoto, T. (2016): A New Species of Serranus from São Tomé and Príncipe, Eastern Atlantic (Pisces, Teleostei, Serranidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 63 (6): 191-200.
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