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Bony fish

Painted Comber

Serranus scriba

Also known as: Cod, Hind, Lettered Perch, Pointed Comber, Redfish, Rockcod, Trout

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2015
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@JarJar · GR, Greece · April 20141 / 9
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Overview

Found singly, over rocky bottoms and in seagrass beds, of coral and rocky reefs. Colour varies.

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

COLOURS
Pattern
stripes
Fins & Tail
yellow tail
Behaviour
solitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean, Black Sea
  • Exact location · 2
  • Country only · 7
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Found singly, over rocky bottoms and in seagrass beds, of coral and rocky reefs.

RANGE
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Adult photos 9

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  • Fish· 5 Oct 2014

    I have seen lots of this fish almost under every rock along Turkey's Mediterrenean coast. They are so friendly and curious :)

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Taxonomy

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

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