Serranus scriba (Linnaeus, 1758)
Painted comber
Serranus scriba
photo by Furlan, B.

Family:  Serranidae (Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets)
Max. size:  36 cm SL (male/unsexed); max. reported age: 16 years
Environment:  demersal; marine; depth range 5 - 150 m
Distribution:  Eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay to Mauritania (Ref. 5377), including the Canary, and Azores. Also from the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  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).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 10 May 2013 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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