Larvae Summary
Summary for Serranus scriba larvae
Painted comber

Serranus  scriba  (Linnaeus, 1758)  
Family: Serranidae (Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets) ( not available )
Order: Perciformes/Serranoidei
Class: Teleostei
English name: Painted comber
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay to Mauritania (Ref. 5377), including the Canary, and Azores. Also from the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
Adult biology: Found on rocky bottom and on Posidonia beds. Feed on fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 5506). Also found in muddy and algal or seagrass overgrown substrates. Reported to be a simultaneous hermaphrodite, which tends to spawn from early spring to early summer (Ref. 91154).
Diagnosis: At 5 mm operculum with a crest with 1 strong spine and 2 lateral denticles. At 7 mm operculum with two series of spines; the external one with long, strong spines, one of which is powerfully developed. . See also LARVAE table.
Climate Zone: subtropical; 50°N - 16°N
Main Ref: Bertolini, F., U. D'Ancona, E. Padoa Montalenti, S. Ranzi, L. Sanzo, A. Sparta, E. Tortonese and M. Vialli. 1956. (Ref. 65)

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