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Serranus scriba
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > Serranidae (Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets)
Etymology: Serranus: Latin, serran, serranus, saw and a fish of genus Serranus (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.
Etymology: Serranus: Latin, serran, serranus, saw and a fish of genus Serranus (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 5 - 150 m (Ref. 27000), usually ? - 30 m (Ref. 91154). Subtropical; 50°N - 16°N, 32°W - 42°E
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Eastern Atlantic: Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 17.3, range 16 - ? cm
Max length : 36.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5506); common length : 25.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5506); max. reported age: 16 years (Ref. 91154)
Max length : 36.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5506); common length : 25.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5506); max. reported age: 16 years (Ref. 91154)
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).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Heemstra, Phillip C. | Collaborators
Tortonese, E., 1986. Serranidae. p. 780-792. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. vol. 2. (Ref. 5506)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 10 May 2013
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes
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Growth parameters
Max. ages / sizes
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Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
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Recruitment
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Physiology
Body composition
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Fish sound
Diseases & Parasites
Toxicity (LC50s)
Body composition
Nutrients
Oxygen consumption
Swimming type
Swimming speed
Visual pigments
Fish sound
Diseases & Parasites
Toxicity (LC50s)
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Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.00977 (0.00834 - 0.01144), b=3.04 (3.00 - 3.08), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.8 ±0.3 se; based on diet studies. |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.22-0.24). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100). 🛈 |
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Price category (Ref. 80766) |
Medium. |
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Nutrients (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 75.5 [30.7, 150.6] mg/100g; Iron = 0.921 [0.503, 1.748] mg/100g; Protein = 18.3 [16.5, 20.0] %; Omega3 = 0.4 [0.3, 0.7] g/100g; Selenium = 26.7 [14.2, 51.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 19.7 [6.4, 69.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.772 [0.552, 1.131] mg/100g (wet weight); |