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Common Names
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Common Names in Albanian:
Kerr i gurit
Common Names in Arabic:
Sheikh
Common Names in Catalan:
Inflaconys, Serr, Serrà de bou, Vaca serrana
Common Names in Croatian:
Cucin, Kanjic, Mi, miš, Mišic, Vucic
Common Names in Danish:
Dv, Dværgbars
Common Names in English:
Brown comber
Common Names in French:
Pétaijde, Serran, Serran H, Serran hépate, Serran hépate à tache noire, Serran tambour, Tambour, Treliuras
Common Names in German:
Beutelbarsch, Kleiner Serran
Common Names in Greek:
Kakarelos, Kapsomoula, Perkaki, Καψομούλα, Πέρδικα, Πέρκα, Περκάκι, Χανάκι, Χάνος
Common Names in Greek, Modern:
Kapsomoula, Καψομούλα
Common Names in Greek, Modern (1453):
Kapsomoula, Καψομούλα
Common Names in Italian:
Barbottino, Bolaxo de tacca, Buddaceddu i rina, Ceregnodde, Cranicetto, Dutturi, Fannu, Lucerna, Panzareddu, Perchia, Perchia di fondale, Perchietella, Perchitello, Perciudda, Sacchetto, Sacheto, Scannajaddu, Serran, Settina, Vacchiscedda, Vacchixedda
Common Names in Maltese:
Burqax tax-xewka, Hanzir, Hanzir burqax, Hanzir tal-hofor, Hanzir zghir, Sirrana tar-ramel
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
斑鰭鮨, 斑鳍鮨, 黑点副锯鮨, 黑點副鋸鮨
Common Names in Polish:
Pilcyk
Common Names in Portuguese:
Ferreiro-serrano, Garoupa, Serrano-ferreiro
Common Names in Slovene:
Volkec
Common Names in Slovenian:
Volkec
Common Names in Spanish:
Afanecada, Barrachos, Borinoda, Cherna, Inflaconys, Merillo, Mérito, Mero, Serr, Serrá, Serrano, Tamburino, Treslliuraz, Vaca serrana
Common Names in Turkish:
Beneklihani balığı
Description
Habitat
Found over seagrass, sand , mud and rocks[1]. Adapts well in an aquarium [2].
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -2,776 meters (0 to -9,108 feet).[3]
Biome: Marine .
Biology
Diet
Carnivorous .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Actinopterygii
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Perciformes
()
-
- Suborder:
Percoidei
()
-
- Family:
Serranidae
()
- Subfamily:
Serraninae
()
- Genus:
Serranus
()
- Cuvier, 1817
- Specific name:
hepatus
- Scientific name: - Serranus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Specific name:
hepatus
- Genus:
Serranus
(
- Subfamily:
Serraninae
(
- Family:
Serranidae
(
- Suborder:
Percoidei
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Actinopterygii
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Labrus hepatus • Labrus hepatus Linnaeus • Labrus hepatus Linnaeus, 1758 • Paracentropristis hepatus (Linnaeus • Serranus hepatus
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 03-Jul-1998
Similar Species
Members of the genus Serranus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 103 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
S. accraensis (Ghanean Comber) · Mycteroperca rubra (Western Comb Grouper) · S. aeneus (White Grouper) · S. aequidens (Deepwater Serrano) · S. akaara (Redspotted Grouper) · S. albomaculatus (Camotillo) · S. altivelis (Highfinned Grouper) · S. amblycephalus (Bighead Grouper) · S. annularis (Orangeback Bass) · S. atricauda (Blacktail Comber) · S. atrobranchus (Blackear Bass) · S. aurantius (Golden Rockcod) · S. awoara (Banded Grouper) · S. baldwini (Baldwin´s Serranid) · S. biguttatus (Two-Spot Banded Snapper) · S. bivittatus (Bleekeri's Grouper) · S. bonaci (Marbled Rockfish) · S. bontoides (Palemargin Grouper) · S. borbonius (Checked Swallowtail) · S. cabrilla (Learned Rockfich) · S. caninus (Dogtooth Grouper) · Variola louti (Moustached Grouper) · S. chionaraia (Snowy Bass) · S. chlorocephalus (Tonga Grouper) · S. chlorostigma (Brown-Spotted Reef-Cod) · S. cichlops (Nusa Penida Basslet) · S. colonus (Pacific Creole-Fish) · S. conceptionis (Squirrelfish) · S. corallicola (Goldblotch Grouper) · S. cyanopodus (Speckled Blue Grouper) · S. cylindricus (Spotted Black Grouper) · S. dermopterus (Melon-Seed Grouper) · S. dewegeri (Meo Viejo) · S. diacanthus (Six-Barred Reef-Cod) · S. epistictus (Black-Spotted Rockcod) · S. erythrurus (Cloudy Rock Cod) · S. falcatus (Rock Grouper) · S. fasciatus (Barred Serrano) · S. faveatus (Barred-Chest Grouper) · S. filamentosus (Crimson Jobfish) · S. fimbriatus (Two-Spot Bass) · S. flaviventris (Two-Spot Bass) · S. furcifer (Southern Creole-Fish) · S. goreensis (Redbanded Grouper) · S. gymnopareius (Halfspotted Hind) · S. hepatus (Brown Comber) · S. howlandi (Blacksaddle Rockcod) · S. huascarii (Flag Serrano (FB)) · S. humeralis (Peruvian Rock Seabass) · S. inermis (Sickelfish Grouper) · S. interstitialis (Yellowmouth Grouper) · S. itajara (Southern Jewfish) · S. labriformis (Lateralband Grouper) · S. latifasciatus (Laterally-Banded Grouper) · S. lebretonianus (Mystery Grouper) · S. lemniscatus (Yellow-Streaked Seaperch) · S. leucogrammicus (White-Lined Rock-Cod) · S. longispinis (Long-Spine Rock Cod) · S. luciopercanus (Crosshatch Bass) · S. macrospilos (Large-Spotted Rockcod) · S. marginatus (Yellowbelly Rockcod) · S. microprion (Blue-Finned Rock Cod) · S. miliaris (Netfin Grouper) · S. morio (Cherna De Vivero) · S. multinotatus (White-Blotched Grouper) · S. mystacinus (Moustache Grouper) · S. nigri (Orange-Spotted Sea Perch) · S. nigritus (Warsaw-Black Jewfish) · S. niveatus (Spotted Grouper) · S. notospilus (Saddle Bass) · S. novemcinctus (Barred Rockcod) · S. oculatus (Blear-Eyed Snapper) · S. ocyurus (Bank Sea Bass) · S. olfax (Colorado Grouper) · S. panamensis (Pacific Graysby) · S. phoebe (Tattler) · S. poecilonotus (Dot-Dash Grouper) · S. polyphekadion (Small-Toothed Rockcod) · S. polystigma (White-Dotted Grouper) · S. psittacinus (Barred Serrano (FB)) · S. quoyanus (Barred-Chest Rock-Cod) · S. radialis (Drummer Boy) · S. radiatus (Oblique-Banded Grouper) · S. rasor (Barber Perch) · S. sanctaehelenae (Deepwater Brown Mullet) · S. scriba (Painted Comber) · S. sebastoides (Scorpion Grouper) · S. sexmaculatus (Six-Spotted Rockcod) · S. socialis (Surge Grouper) · S. socorroensis (Socorro Serrano) · S. sonnerati (Orange-Red Pigmy Grouper) · S. spiniger (Scalefin Fairy Basslet) · S. stoliczkae (Epaulet Grouper) · S. striolatus (Smooth Grouper) · S. subligarius (Belted Cardinalfish) · S. tabacarius (Tobacco Fish) · S. taeniops (Bluespotted Seabream) · S. tico (Cocos Serrano) · S. tigrinus (Harlequin Serranid) · S. tigris (Tiger Rockfish)
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Further Reading
- Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Madrid: La Sociedad, url p. 261, p. 261, p. 265, p. 265.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 151 1987 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url title , p. 271, p. 84, p. 84, p. 97, p. 97.
- Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum / by Albert Gu?nther. .. [Tokyo?]: Kagaku Kisho Hakkokai, Sho?wa 13 [1938]. url p. 84.
- Catalogue of the fishes in the. .. Museum / by A. Günther 1859. url p. 84.
- Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 116, p. 507, p. 557.
- Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url p. 165.
- From fish to philosopher; the story of our internal environment. Supplement with collaboration of CIBA Pharmaceutical Products Inc. Summit, N. J., CIBA Pharmaceutical Products Inc., c1959 url p. 250.
- Handbook of zoology / by J. van der Hoeven. Cambridge: University Press, 1856-1858. url p. 197.
- Handbook of zoology; by J. van der Hoeven. Tr. from the 2d Dutch ed. by the Rev. William Clark. Cambridge: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1856-58. url p. 197.
- Hardwicke's science-gossip: an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature. London: Robert Hardwicke, 1866- url p. 41.
- Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft. Jena, Gustav Fischer [etc.]. url , p. 423, p. 550, p. 554.
- Marine investigations in South Africa / Cape of Good Hope Dept. of Agriculture. Cape Town: W.A. Richards & Sons, [1900?- url p. 107, p. 107.
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url .
- Quarterly journal of microscopical science. London, J. and A. Churchill [etc.] url p. 83.
- The Cambridge natural history, London, Macmillan and Co., Limited;1895-1909 url , .
- The Cambridge natural history, ed. by S.F. Harmer. .. and A.E. Shipley. .. London, Macmillan and co., limited;1895-1909 url p. 420, p. 420, p. 660, p. 755, p. 755.
- The fisheries of the Adriatic and the fish thereof: a report of the Austro-Hungarian sea-fisheries, with a detailed description of the marine fauna of the Adriatic Gulf / by G. L. Faber; with eighteen woodcut illustrations after drawings by Leo Littrow, and numerous engravings on stone. London: B. Quaritch, 1883. url p. 188, p. 28.
- The vertebrate eye and its adaptive radiation [by] Gordon Lynn Walls. Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Cranbrook Institute of Science, 1942 url p. 304.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 09, 2007:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technologies - Trawl Surveys
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Ichtyologie
- Senckenberg, Collection Pisces
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Fishes
- University of Navarra, Museum of Zoology, Museum of Zoology, University of Navarra
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 138587
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-29140
- Fishbase Species ID: 14419
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13544569
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 167863
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 124795
Footnotes
- Smith, C.L. (1981). Serranidae. In W. Fischer, G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Eastern Central Atlantic; fishing areas 34, 47 (in part). Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada and FAO. Vol. 4 ... [back]
- Göthel, Helmut (1992). Fauna Marina del Mediterráneo. Ediciones Omega, S.A., Barcelona. 319 p. [back]
- Mean = -491.310 meters (-1,611.909 feet), Standard Deviation = 758.660 based on 563 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
