Serranidae

Thesaurus

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Serranidae - marine fishes: sea basses; sea perches; groupers; jewfish family Serranidae fish family - any of various families of fish order Perciformes, order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi - one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna serranid, serranid fish - marine food sport fishes mainly of warm coastal waters genus Morone, Morone - carnivorous fresh and salt water fishes sea bass - any of various food and sport fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States having an elongated body and long spiny dorsal fin genus Synagrops, Synagrops - a genus of Serranidae Centropristis, genus Centropristis - sea basses genus Roccus, Roccus - a genus of Serranidae genus Polyprion, Polyprion - wreckfish genus Serranus, Serranus - type genus of the Serranidae: mostly small Pacific sea basses Epinephelus, genus Epinephelus - genus of groupers or sea bass genus Paranthias, Paranthias - a genus of Serranidae genus Mycteroperca, Mycteroperca - groupers genus Rypticus, Rypticus - a genus of fish of the family Serranidae, including soapfishes