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Sea Basses
Serranidae
The Serranidae are a large family of fishes belonging to the order Perciformes. The family contains about 450 species in 65 genera, including the sea basses and the groupers (subfamily Epinephelinae). Although many species are small, in some cases less than 10 cm (3.9 in), the giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus) is one of the largest bony fishes in the world, growing to 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in) in length and 400 kg (880 lb) in weight. Representatives of this group live in...
12 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 106 known species
Serranus
genusSerranus
Paralabrax
genusParalabrax
Hamlets
genusHypoplectrus
Centropristis
genusCentropristis
Diplectrum
genusDiplectrum
Serraniculus
genusSerraniculus
Schultzea
genusSchultzea
Dules
genusDules
Chelidoperca
genusChelidoperca
Parasphyraenops
genusParasphyraenops
Cratinus
genusCratinus
Bullisichthys
genusBullisichthys
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 47765.