Serranidae

Taxobox
name = Serranidae

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image_caption = Humpback grouper, "Cromileptes altivelis"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
subordo = Percoidei
superfamilia = Percoidea
familia = Serranidae
subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies
subdivision = "Anthiinae" "Epinephelinae" "Grammistinae" "Liopropomatinae" "Serraninae"
synonyms = "Grammistidae"

Serranidae is a large family of fishes, belonging to the order Perciformes. The family contains about 450 species of serranids in 64 genera, including the sea basses and the groupers (subfamily Epinephelinae). They range in size from the belted sandfish ("Serranus subligarius") which grows to 110 mm (4.33 in) up to the itajara ("Epinephelus itajara") which grows to 2.4 m (94.5 in) and weighs up to convert|300|kg|lb|abbr=on|lk=on.

Many of these species are brightly colored, and many are caught commercially for food. They are usually found over reefs, in tropical to sub-tropical waters along the coasts. Many species are sequential hermaphrodites, starting out as males and changing sex to female later in life. They produce large quantities of eggs and their larvae are planktonic, generally at the mercy of ocean currents until they are ready to settle into adult populations.

Classification

* Subfamily Anthiinae
** "Anatolanthias"
** "Anthias"
** "Caesioperca"
** "Caprodon"
** "Dactylanthias"
** "Giganthias"
** "Hemanthias"
** "Holanthias"
** "Hypoplectrodes"
** "Lepidoperca"
** "Luzonichthys"
** "Nemanthias"
** "Odontanthias"
** "Othos"
** "Plectranthias"
** "Pronotogrammus"
** "Pseudanthias"
** "Rabaulichthys"
** "Sacura"
** "Selenanthias"
** "Serranocirrhitus"
** "Tosana"
** "Tosanoides"
** "Trachypoma"
* Subfamily Epinephelinae (groupers)
** "Aethaloperca"
** "Alphestes"
** "Anyperodon"
** "Aulacocephalus"
** "Cephalopholis"
** "Chromileptes"
** "Dermatolepis"
** "Epinephelides"
** "Epinephelus"
** "Gonioplectrus"
** "Gracila"
** "Grammistops"
** "Mycteroperca"
** "Niphon"
** "Paranthias"
** "Plectropomus"
** "Pogonoperca"
** "Saloptia"
** "Triso"
** "Variola"
* Subfamily Grammistinae (soapfishes)
** "Belonoperca"
** "Rypticus"
** "Diploprion"
** "Aporops"
** "Pseudogramma"
** "Suttonia"
** "Grammistes"
* Subfamily Liopropomatinae
** "Bathyanthias"
** "Jeboehlkia"
** "Liopropoma"
** "Rainfordia"
* Subfamily Serraninae
** "Acanthistius"
** "Bullisichthys"
** "Centropristis"
** "Chelidoperca"
** "Cratinus"
** "Diplectrum"
** "Hypoplectrus"
** "Paralabrax"
** "Parasphyraenops"
** "Schultzea"
** "Serraniculus"
** "Serranus"
* "incertae sedis"
** "Caesioscorpis"
** "Hemilutjanus"

Images of serranids

References

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