Serranus phoebe
Tattler
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Perciformes (Perciformes, Also Called the Acanthopteri)
Serranidae (Sea Basses and Groupers)
Serranus
Serranus phoebe (Tattler)
Description
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Characters
Opercular spines well-developed; nares close set with moderate-sized flap; maxilla extends to center of eye; jaw teeth villiform with outer rows enlarged and conical; preoperculum with obtuse angle and serrate margins; gill rakers 17-20; head length 37%-41% SL; pectoral fin large with 15-16 rays; dorsal fin not notched with 10 spines and 12 rays; anal fin with 7 rays; scales ctenoid, covering trunk, nape, operculum, and cheek; pored lateral line scales 47-51
Buff to brown dorsally and white to light tan ventrally; broad dark brown bars on head and body; silvery white bar extending from midflank to anus; pigment patterns best developed in juveniles
Distribution
Western Atlantic from South Carolina and Bermuda to Guiana, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Greater Antilles
Gulf of Mexico, more common in northeastern than northwestern part
Habitat Associations
Continental shelf, between 146 and 402 m depth
Biology
Maximum known size is 154 mm SL
A solitary species (Ref. 26340) inhabiting rocky areas. Synchronously hermaphroditic. Feed mainly on shrimps, less on crabs and bivalves (Ref. 47377).
Reproductive mode: true hermaphroditism; nonguarders.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2012-08-23. Resilience: Medium (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: bycatch.
References
Robins and Stark 1961
Moore 1975a
Hoese and Moore 1977
Hoese and Moore 1998
Matsuura 1983a
Robins and Ray 1986
Boschung 1992
Schaldach et al. 1997
Smith 1997
Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999
Heemstra 2002c
Cervigón, F., R. Cipriani, W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, M. Hendrickx, A.J. Lemus, R. Márquez, J.M. Poutiers, G. Robaina and B. Rodriguez (1992) Fichas FAO de identificación de especies para los fines de la pesca. Guía de campo de las especies comerciales marinas y de aquas salobres de la costa septentrional de Sur América. FAO, Rome. 513 p. Preparado con el financiamento de la Comisión de Comunidades Europeas y de NORAD.
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray (1986) A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p.
Uyeno, T., K. Matsuura and E. Fujii (eds.) (1983) Fishes trawled off Suriname and French Guiana. Japan Marine Fishery Resource Research Center, Tokyo, Japan. 519 p.
García-Cagide, A., R. Claro and B.V. Koshelev (1994) Reproducción. p. 187-262. In R. Claro (ed.) Ecología de los peces marinos de Cuba. Inst. Oceanol. Acad. Cienc. Cuba. and Cen. Invest. Quintana Roo (CIQRO) México.
Figueiredo, J.L., A.P.D. Santos, N. Yamaguti, R.A. Bernardes and C.L. Del Bianco Rossi-Wongtschowski (2002) Peixes da zona econômica exclusiva da Região Sudeste-Sul do Brasil: Levantamento com Rede de Meia-Água. São-Paulo: Editora da Universidade de São Paulo; Imprensa Oficial do Estado, 242 p.
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