WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

Pygmy Sea Bass

Serraniculus pumilio

Also known as: Cod, Hind, Rockcod, Trout

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2015
Adult
@bottleofscotch · Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands · September 20111 / 1
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Overview

Found singly, often lying on the bottom, over rubble, sand and seagrass beds of coral and rocky reefs.

Groupers 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

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Atlantic, Caribbean
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Found singly, often lying on the bottom, over rubble, sand and seagrass beds of coral and rocky reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familySerranidae
    6. genusSerraniculus
    7. speciesSerraniculus pumilio Ginsburg, 1952

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    More in the family

    Sea Basses-Groupers-Fairy Basslets (Serranidae)