WoRMS taxon details
Serranidae Swainson, 1839
Serraninae Swainson, 1839 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Genus Bullisichthys Rivas, 1971
- Genus Centropristis Cuvier, 1829
- Genus Chelidoperca Boulenger, 1895
- Genus Cratinus Steindachner, 1878
- Genus Diplectrum Holbrook, 1855
- Genus Dules Cuvier, 1829
- Genus Hypoplectrus Gill, 1861
- Genus Paralabrax Girard, 1856
- Genus Parasphyraenops Bean, 1912
- Genus Pyronotanthias Gill, 2022
- Genus Schultzea Woods, 1958
- Genus Serraniculus Ginsburg, 1952
- Genus Serranus Cuvier, 1816
- Genus Zalanthias Jordan & Richardson, 1910
- Subfamily Anthiadinae Poey, 1861 accepted as Anthiadidae Poey, 1861 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subfamily Anthiinae Poey, 1861 accepted as Anthiadinae Poey, 1861 accepted as Anthiadidae Poey, 1861 (later homonym of Anthiinae Bonelli, 1813 (Coleoptera))
- Genus Centropristes accepted as Centropristis Cuvier, 1829 (misspelling)
- Genus Doules accepted as Dules Cuvier, 1829 (misspelling)
- Subfamily Epinephelinae Bleeker, 1874 accepted as Epinephelidae Bleeker, 1874 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subfamily Grammistinae Bleeker, 1857 accepted as Grammistidae Bleeker, 1857 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Hepatus Artedi in Röse, 1793 accepted as Serranus Cuvier, 1816
- Genus Hypoplectus accepted as Hypoplectrus Gill, 1861 (misspelling)
- Genus Mikrolabrichthys accepted as Mirolabrichthys Herre, 1927 accepted as Pseudanthias Bleeker, 1871 (misspelling)
- Genus Mirolabrichtys accepted as Mirolabrichthys Herre, 1927 accepted as Pseudanthias Bleeker, 1871 (misspelling)
- Genus Neanthias Norman, 1931 accepted as Serranus Cuvier, 1816
- Subfamily Niphoninae Jordan, 1923 accepted as Niphonidae Jordan, 1923 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Novanthias Whitley, 1937 accepted as Serranus Cuvier, 1816
- Genus Paracentropristis Klunzinger, 1884 accepted as Serranus Cuvier, 1816
- Genus Promoicrops accepted as Promicrops Poey (ex Gill), 1868 accepted as Epinephelus Bloch, 1793 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Schultzetta accepted as Schultzea Woods, 1958 (misspelling)
- Subfamily Serraninae Swainson, 1839 accepted as Serranidae Swainson, 1839 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Distribution: Tropical and temperate oceans. Some enter freshwater. Operculum bearing 3 spines - a main spine with one...
Distribution Distribution: Tropical and temperate oceans. Some enter freshwater. Operculum bearing 3 spines - a main spine with one below and one above it. Lateral line complete and continuous, not reaching onto caudal fin (lacking in one species). Dorsal fin may be notched, with 7-12 spines. Three spines on anal fin. Caudal fin usually rounded, truncate, or lunate; rarely forked. Tip of maxilla exposed even with mouth closed. No scaly axillary pelvic process. One spine on pelvic fin; soft rays 5. Branchiostegal rays usually 7. Vertebrae 24-26. Monoecious with some functional hermaphrodites; groupers are protogynous hermaphrodites. Groupers attain up to 3 m maximum length and weights of up to 400 kg. They are bottom-dwelling predators and highly commercial food fish. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Serranidae Swainson, 1839. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125561 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
basis of record
van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Distribution: Tropical and temperate oceans. Some enter freshwater. Operculum bearing 3 spines - a main spine with one below and one above it. Lateral line complete and continuous, not reaching onto caudal fin (lacking in one species). Dorsal fin may be notched, with 7-12 spines. Three spines on anal fin. Caudal fin usually rounded, truncate, or lunate; rarely forked. Tip of maxilla exposed even with mouth closed. No scaly axillary pelvic process. One spine on pelvic fin; soft rays 5. Branchiostegal rays usually 7. Vertebrae 24-26. Monoecious with some functional hermaphrodites; groupers are protogynous hermaphrodites. Groupers attain up to 3 m maximum length and weights of up to 400 kg. They are bottom-dwelling predators and highly commercial food fish. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets | [details] |
| German | Zackenbarsche | [details] |
| Japanese | ヒメコダイ亜科 [from synonym]ハタ科 | [details] |
| Swedish | havsabborrfiskar | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Serraninae Swainson, 1839)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Serranidae)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Serraninae) (from synonym Serraninae Swainson, 1839)
To Genbank (from synonym Serraninae Swainson, 1839)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Serranidae FIN035184 Slide 35 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Serranidae FIN035185 Slide 35 mm)
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Serraninae Swainson, 1839)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Serranidae)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Serraninae) (from synonym Serraninae Swainson, 1839)
To Genbank (from synonym Serraninae Swainson, 1839)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Serranidae FIN035184 Slide 35 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Serranidae FIN035185 Slide 35 mm)
To ITIS
