Serranus
Serranus is a genus of fish in the family Serranidae. It is one of five genera known commonly as the "Atlantic dwarf sea basses". These fish are hermaphrodites, each individual possessing functional male and female reproductive tissues. When a pair spawns, one fish acts as a male and the other acts as a female.
Species
There are currently 34 recognized species in this genus:- Serranus accraensis
- Serranus aequidens C. H. Gilbert, 1890
- Serranus aliceae Carvalho-Filho & C. E. L. Ferreira, 2013
- Serranus annularis
- Serranus atricauda Günther, 1874
- Serranus atrobranchus
- Serranus baldwini
- Serranus cabrilla
- Serranus chionaraia C. R. Robins & Starck, 1961
- Serranus drewesi Iwamoto, 2018
- Serranus flaviventris
- Serranus fusculus
- Serranus hepatus
- Serranus heterurus
- Serranus huascarii Steindachner, 1900
- Serranus inexpectatus Wirtz & Iwamoto, 2018
- Serranus knysnaensis Gilchrist, 1904
- Serranus luciopercanus Poey, 1852
- Serranus maytagi C. R. Robins & Starck, 1961
- Serranus notospilus Longley, 1935
- Serranus novemcinctus Kner, 1864
- Serranus papilionaceus Valenciennes, 1832
- Serranus phoebe Poey, 1851
- Serranus psittacinus Valenciennes, 1846
- Serranus pulcher Wirtz & Iwamoto, 2016
- Serranus sanctaehelenae Boulenger, 1895
- Serranus scriba
- Serranus socorroensis G. R. Allen & D. R. Robertson, 1992
- Serranus stilbostigma
- Serranus subligarius
- Serranus tabacarius
- Serranus tico G. R. Allen & D. R. Robertson, 1998
- Serranus tigrinus
- Serranus tortugarum Longley, 1935