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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > Serranidae (Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets)
Etymology: Serranus: Latin, serran, serranus, saw and a fish of genus Serranus (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 5 - 100 m (Ref. 2739). Subtropical; 45°N - 12°N, 19°W - 36°E

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Eastern Atlantic: Portugal and the Canary Islands, south to Senegal. Also throughout the western and the eastern Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m 7.8 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2739); common length : 15.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26999)

Found over seagrass, sand, mud and rocks (Ref. 2739). Carnivorous, decapods dominate the diet. Adapts well in an aquarium (Ref. 12382). A synchronous hermaphrodite (Ref. 56921).

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Manifests synchronous hermaphroditism, particularly, differentiation of the ovary is earlier than that of the testis (Ref. 56921).

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Heemstra, Phillip C. | Collaborators

Smith, C.L., 1990. Serranidae. p. 695-706. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 3589)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 10 May 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial; aquarium: commercial

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Serranus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1758)