Serranidae

Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets

102 species

1. 1Bullisichthys caribbaeus Rivas, 1971 · Pugnose bassocean · tropical
2. 2Centropristis fuscula Poey, 1861 · Twospot sea bassocean · subtropical · reef
3. 3Centropristis ocyurus (Jordan & Evermann, 1887) · Bank sea bassocean · subtropical
4. 4Centropristis philadelphica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Rock sea bassocean · subtropical · reef
5. 5Centropristis rufus Cuvier, 1829ocean · tropical
6. 6Centropristis striata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Black seabassocean · temperate · reef
7. 7Chelidoperca africana Cadenat, 1960 · African perchletocean · tropical
8. 8Chelidoperca barazeri Lee, Lee, Matsunuma & Chen, 2019 · Barazer's perchletocean · tropical
9. 9Chelidoperca cerasina Ogino, Lee, Chen & Matsunuma, 2019 · Cherry perchletocean · tropical
10. 10Chelidoperca flavimacula Psomadakis, Gon & Htut, 2021 · Yellow-spotted perchletocean · tropical · reef
11. 11Chelidoperca flavolineata Matsunuma, Tan & Peristiwady, 2020 · Yellow-banded perchletocean · tropical
12. 12Chelidoperca formosa Tang & Ho, 2021 · Taiwanese perchletocean · subtropical
13. 13Chelidoperca hirundinacea (Valenciennes, 1831) · Red blotch perchletocean · tropical
14. 14Chelidoperca investigatoris (Alcock, 1890) · Investigator perchletocean · tropical
15. 15Chelidoperca lecromi Fourmanoir, 1982 · Coral Sea perchletocean · tropical
16. 16Chelidoperca leucostigmata Lee, Lee, Matsunuma & Chen, 2019 · White-spotted perchletocean · tropical
17. 17Chelidoperca maculicauda Bineesh & Akhilesh, 2013 · Indian perchletocean · deep-water
18. 18Chelidoperca margaritifera Weber, 1913 · Pearly perchletocean · temperate
19. 19Chelidoperca microdon Lee, Lee, Matsunuma & Chen, 2019 · Small-toothed perchletocean · deep-water
20. 20Chelidoperca myathantuni Psomadakis, Gon & Htut, 2021 · Mya Than Tun's perchletocean · tropical · reef
21. 21Chelidoperca occipitalis Kotthaus, 1973 · Arabian perchletocean · tropical
22. 22Chelidoperca pleurospilus (Günther, 1880) · Arafura perchletocean · tropical
23. 23Chelidoperca santosi Williams & Carpenter, 2015 · Pogi perchletocean · tropical
24. 24Chelidoperca stella Matsunuma & Motomura, 2016 · Star-spotted perchletocean · tropical · reef
25. 25Chelidoperca tosaensis Matsunuma, Yamakawa & Williams, 2017 · Red-spot perchletocean · subtropical · reef
26. 26Cratinus agassizii Steindachner, 1878 · Graery threadfin seabassocean · tropical
27. 27Diplectrum bivittatum (Valenciennes, 1828) · Dwarf sand perchocean · tropical · reef
28. 28Diplectrum conceptione (Valenciennes, 1828) · Sand-perchocean · subtropical
29. 29Diplectrum eumelum Rosenblatt & Johnson, 1974 · Orange-spotted sand perchocean · tropical
30. 30Diplectrum euryplectrum Jordan & Bollman, 1890 · Bighead sand perchocean · tropical
31. 31Diplectrum formosum (Linnaeus, 1766) · Sand perchocean · subtropical · reef
32. 32Diplectrum labarum Rosenblatt & Johnson, 1974 · Highfin sand perchocean · tropical
33. 33Diplectrum macropoma (Günther, 1864) · Mexican sand perchocean · tropical
34. 34Diplectrum maximum Hildebrand, 1946 · Torpedo sand perchocean · tropical
35. 35Diplectrum pacificum Meek & Hildebrand, 1925 · Inshore sand perchocean · tropical
36. 36Diplectrum radiale (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) · Pond perchbrackish · ocean · tropical
37. 37Diplectrum rostrum Bortone, 1974 · Bridled sand perchocean · tropical
38. 38Diplectrum sciurus Gilbert, 1892 · Gulf squirrelfishocean · subtropical
39. 39Dules auriga Cuvier, 1829 · Cocheroocean · subtropical
40. 40Hypoplectrus aberrans Poey, 1868 · Yellowbelly hamletocean · tropical · reef
41. 41Hypoplectrus affinis (Poey, 1861) · Bluelip hamletocean · tropical · reef
42. 42Hypoplectrus atlahua Tavera & Acero, 2013 · Jarocho hamletocean · temperate
43. 43Hypoplectrus castroaguirrei Del Moral Flores, Tello-Musi & Martínez-Pérez, 2012ocean · tropical
44. 44Hypoplectrus chlorurus (Cuvier, 1828) · Yellowtail hamletocean · tropical · reef
45. 45Hypoplectrus ecosur Victor, 2012 · Spotted hamletocean · tropical · reef
46. 46Hypoplectrus floridae Victor, 2012 · Florida hamletocean · tropical · reef
47. 47Hypoplectrus gemma Goode & Bean, 1882 · Blue hamletocean · tropical · reef
48. 48Hypoplectrus gummigutta (Poey, 1851) · Golden hamletocean · tropical · reef
49. 49Hypoplectrus guttavarius (Poey, 1852) · Shy hamletocean · tropical · reef
50. 50Hypoplectrus indigo (Poey, 1851) · Indigo hamletocean · tropical · reef
51. 51Hypoplectrus liberte Victor & Marks, 2018 · Striped hamletocean · tropical · reef
52. 52Hypoplectrus maculiferus Poey, 1871ocean · tropical · reef
53. 53Hypoplectrus maya Lobel, 2011 · Maya hamletocean · tropical · reef
54. 54Hypoplectrus nigricans (Poey, 1852) · Black hamletocean · tropical · reef
55. 55Hypoplectrus providencianus Acero P. & Garzón-Ferreira, 1994 · Masked Hamletocean · tropical · reef
56. 56Hypoplectrus puella (Cuvier, 1828) · Barred hamletocean · tropical · reef
57. 57Hypoplectrus randallorum Lobel, 2011 · Tan Hamletocean · tropical · reef
58. 58Hypoplectrus unicolor (Walbaum, 1792) · Butter hamletocean · tropical · reef
59. 59Paralabrax albomaculatus (Jenyns, 1840) · Camotilloocean · tropical · reef
60. 60Paralabrax auroguttatus Walford, 1936 · Goldspotted sand bassocean · subtropical
61. 61Paralabrax callaensis Starks, 1906 · Southern rock bassocean · tropical
62. 62Paralabrax clathratus (Girard, 1854) · Kelp bassocean · subtropical
63. 63Paralabrax dewegeri (Metzelaar, 1919) · Viejabrackish · ocean · tropical · reef
64. 64Paralabrax humeralis (Valenciennes, 1828) · Peruvian rock seabassocean · tropical
65. 65Paralabrax loro Walford, 1936 · Parrot sand bassocean · tropical
66. 66Paralabrax maculatofasciatus (Steindachner, 1868) · Spotted sand bassocean · subtropical · reef
67. 67Paralabrax nebulifer (Girard, 1854) · Barred sand bassocean · subtropical · reef
68. 68Parasphyraenops atrimanus Bean, 1912 · Bank bassocean · subtropical · reef
69. 69Parasphyraenops incisus (Colin, 1978)ocean · tropical
70. 70Schultzea beta (Hildebrand, 1940) · School bassocean · subtropical · reef
71. 71Serraniculus pumilio Ginsburg, 1952 · Pygmy sea bassocean · tropical · reef
72. 72Serranus accraensis (Norman, 1931) · Ghanean comberocean · tropical
73. 73Serranus aequidens Gilbert, 1890 · Deepwater serranoocean · tropical
74. 74Serranus aliceae Carvalho Filho & Ferreira, 2013ocean · tropical · reef
75. 75Serranus annularis (Günther, 1880) · Orangeback bassocean · tropical · reef
76. 76Serranus atricauda Günther, 1874 · Blacktail comberocean · temperate
77. 77Serranus atrobranchus (Cuvier, 1829) · Blackear bassocean · tropical
78. 78Serranus baldwini (Evermann & Marsh, 1899) · Lantern bassocean · tropical · reef
79. 79Serranus cabrilla (Linnaeus, 1758) · Comberocean · deep-water
80. 80Serranus chionaraia Robins & Starck, 1961 · Snow bassocean · tropical · reef
81. 81Serranus drewesi Iwamoto, 2018ocean · tropical · reef
82. 82Serranus flaviventris (Cuvier, 1829) · Twinspot bassocean · tropical · reef
83. 83Serranus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Brown comberocean · subtropical
84. 84Serranus heterurus (Cadenat, 1937)ocean · tropical
85. 85Serranus huascarii Steindachner, 1900 · Flag serranoocean · tropical
86. 86Serranus inexpectatus Wirtz & Iwamoto, 2018ocean · tropical · reef
87. 87Serranus luciopercanus Poey, 1852 · Crosshatch bassocean · tropical
88. 88Serranus maytagi Robins & Starck, 1961ocean · tropical
89. 89Serranus notospilus Longley, 1935 · Saddle bassocean · subtropical · reef
90. 90Serranus novemcinctus Kner, 1864 · Barred rockcodocean · tropical
91. 91Serranus phoebe Poey, 1851 · Tattlerocean · subtropical · reef
92. 92Serranus psittacinus Valenciennes, 1846 · Barred serranoocean · tropical · reef
93. 93Serranus pulcher Wirtz & Iwamoto, 2016ocean · tropical
94. 94Serranus sanctaehelenae Boulenger, 1895 · St. Helena comberocean · tropical
95. 95Serranus scriba (Linnaeus, 1758) · Painted comberocean · subtropical
96. 96Serranus socorroensis Allen & Robertson, 1992 · Socorro serranoocean · tropical
97. 97Serranus stilbostigma (Jordan & Bollman, 1890)ocean · tropical · reef
98. 98Serranus subligarius (Cope, 1870) · Belted sandfishocean · subtropical
99. 99Serranus tabacarius (Cuvier, 1829) · Tobaccofishocean · subtropical · reef
100. 100Serranus tico Allen & Robertson, 1998ocean · tropical · reef
101. 101Serranus tigrinus (Bloch, 1790) · Harlequin bassocean · tropical · reef
102. 102Serranus tortugarum Longley, 1935 · Chalk bassocean · tropical · reef

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.