Comber (fish)

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Serranus scriba
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Actinopterygii Subclass: Neopterygii Order: Perciformes Suborder: Percoidei Family: Serranidae Subfamily: Serraninae Genus: Serranus Cuvier, 1816 Species: Serranus cabrilla
Binomial name
Serranus cabrilla Linnaeus, 1758

Comber (Serranus cabrilla), is a type of fish in the family Serranidae.

It lives in the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea and the Atlantic coast from the British Islands to the Cape of Good Hope, including the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands. The habitat are rocky or sandy sounding-deeps from 0 and 200 m of depth. Size can vary from 5-25 cm in normal individual to up to 40 cm.

The comber feed on other fish, cephalopods and crustaceans.

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