| 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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| Entered by: Papasissi, Christine |
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