Serranidae

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Serranidae

Humpback grouper, Cromileptes altivelis

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Percoidei
Superfamily:	Percoidea
Family:	Serranidae

Subfamilies

Anthiinae
Epinephelinae
Grammistinae
Liopropomatinae
Serraninae

Synonyms

Grammistidae

Serranidae is a large family of fishes, belonging to the order Perciformes. The family contains about 500 species of serranids in more than 60 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 up to the itajara (Epinephelus itajara) which grows to 2.4 m and weighs up to 300 kg (660 lb).

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.

[edit] Classification

Subfamily Anthiinae
- Anatolanthias
- Anthias
- Caesioperca
- Caprodon
- Dactylanthias
- Giganthias
- Hemanthias
- Holanthias
- Hypoplectrodes
- Lepidoperca
- Luzonichthys
- Nemanthias
- Odontanthias
- Othos
- Planctanthias
- Plectranthias
- Pronotogrammus
- Pseudanthias
- Rabaulichthys
- Sacura
- Selenanthias
- Serranocirrhitus
- Tosana
- Tosanoides
- Trachypoma
Subfamily Epinephelinae (groupers)
- Aethaloperca
- Alphestes
- Anyperodon
- Aulacocephalus
- Cephalopholis
- Cromileptes
- 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

[edit] Images of serranids

Sea goldie, Pseudanthias squamipinnis	Blue-spotted grouper, Cephalopholis argus	Epinephelus sp., probably E. marginatus the dusky grouper	Giant grouper, Epinephelus lanceolatus
Humpback grouper, Cromileptes altivelis (with a porcupinefish at top and Picasso triggerfish on the right	Bank sea bass pick through the rubble near temperate reefs.. Centropristis sp.