WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

Comber

Serranus cabrilla

Also known as: Cod, Gaper, Hind, Learned Rockfish, Painted Comber, Rockcod, Trout

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2015
Adult
@SailingBenH · GR, Greece · July 20131 / 2
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Overview

Found over mud, sand and in seagrass beds of the continental shelf and upper rocky slopes.
Widespread Eastern Atlantic, Western Black Sea, Mediterranean ?Red Sea

Sea Bass are solitary carnivores that hunt near the bottom usually at dusk. Food is drawn into their mouths by a powerful suction when they open their overly large mouths and then swallowed whole.
Spawning is seasonal and controlled by the moons phase.

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How to identify

Behaviour
solitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Red Sea, Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean, Black Sea
  • Exact location · 1
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Found over mud, sand and in seagrass beds of the continental shelf and upper rocky slopes.

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Adult photos 2

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familySerranidae
    6. genusSerranus
    7. speciesSerranus cabrilla (Linnaeus, 1758)

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    More in the family

    Sea Basses-Groupers-Fairy Basslets (Serranidae)