English > family Serranidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | marine fishes: sea basses; sea perches / perches; groupers; jewfish. |
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| Synonym | Serranidae |
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| Member of | Perciformes, order Perciformes, Percomorphi, order Percomorphi | One of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water |
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| Members | Centropristis, genus Centropristis | sea basses |
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| Epinephelus, genus Epinephelus | genus of groupers or sea bass |
| Morone, genus Morone | carnivorous fresh and salt water fishes |
| Mycteroperca, genus Mycteroperca | groupers |
| Paranthias, genus Paranthias | A genus of Serranidae |
| Polyprion, genus Polyprion | wreckfish |
| Roccus, genus Roccus | A genus of Serranidae |
| Rypticus, genus Rypticus | A genus of fish of the family Serranidae, including soapfishes |
| Serranus, genus Serranus | type genus of the Serranidae |
| Synagrops, genus Synagrops | A genus of Serranidae |
| sea bass | Any of various food and sport fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States having an elongated body and long spiny dorsal fin |
| serranid fish, serranid | marine food sport fishes mainly of warm coastal waters |
| Broader | fish family | Any of various families of fish |
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| Spanish | serránidos |
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| Catalan | Serranidae, Serrànid, serrànids |
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