serranids

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adj. & n.

Serranoid.

[From New Latin Serranidae, family name, from Latin serra, saw, sawfish.]

serranid [səˈrænɪd ˈsɛrə-], serranoid [ˈsɛrəˌnɔɪd]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of numerous mostly marine percoid fishes of the family Serranidae: includes the sea basses, sea perches, groupers, and jewfish

adj

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) of or belonging to the family Serranidae

[from New Latin Serranidae, from serrānus genus name from Latin serra sawfish]

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Noun

serranid - marine food sport fishes mainly of warm coastal waters

serranid fish

percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes

family Serranidae, Serranidae - marine fishes: sea basses; sea perches; groupers; jewfish

Morone americana, white perch, silver perch - small silvery food and game fish of eastern United States streams

Morone interrupta, yellow bass - North American freshwater bass resembling the larger marine striped bass

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

soapfish - fishes with slimy mucus-covered skin; found in the warm Atlantic coastal waters of America

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cabrilla
family Serranidae
groper
hind
jewfish
Morone americana
Morone interrupta
Perciformes
percoid
percoid fish
percoidean
sea bass
sea perch
serranid fish
Serranidae
Serranoid
silver perch
Soapfish
white perch

Epinepheline serranids (groupers, hinds, lyretails) that form fish spawning aggregations (FSAs) are among the most vulnerable coral reef fishes to overexploitation (Coleman et al.

The vulnerability of reproductively active squaretail coralgrouper ... by Rhodes, Kevin L.; Tupper, Mark H. / Fishery Bulletin

This is especially true for Blennids (Starksia), Gobiids (Gobiosoma) and Serranids (Hyoplectrus), all of which can appear very similar.

Conservation status of coral reef fishes in the Florida Keys by Gillespie, Thomas W.; Smith, Anais / Endangered Species Update

epinepheline serranids [large groupers], Lutjanidae, Lethrinidae, and Carangidae) and many Acanthuridae (surgeonfish) are long-lived, often with low rates of natural mortality and recruitment.

Spillover of commercially valuable reef fishes from marine protected ... by Tupper, Mark H. / Fishery Bulletin

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