The Serraninae is a

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perciform Perciformes (), also called the Acanthopteri, is an order or superorder of ray-finned fish in the clade Percomorpha. ''Perciformes'' means "perch-like". Among the well-known members of this group are perches and darters (Percidae), and also sea ...

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...

es in the

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Serranidae Serranidae is a large family (biology), family of fishes belonging to the order Perciformes. The family contains about 450 species in 65 genera, including the sea basses and the groupers (subfamily Epinephelinae). Although many species are small, ...

. It is made up of ten genera and 87 species.

Characteristics

The fishes in the subfamily Serraninae, the serranines, are small species within the family Serranidae. They generally have ten spines in their

dorsal fin A dorsal fin is a fin on the back of most marine and freshwater vertebrates. Dorsal fins have evolved independently several times through convergent evolution adapting to marine environments, so the fins are not all homologous. They are found ...

s and seven soft rays in their

anal fin Fins are moving appendages protruding from the body of fish that interact with water to generate thrust and help the fish swim. Apart from the tail or caudal fin, fish fins have no direct connection with the back bone and are supported o ...

s. They are also characterised by the fin spines being unserrated. The genera within the Serraninae are separated by the counts of the soft rays in the dorsal fin.

Genera

The following genera are classified within the Serraninae: * '' Bullisichthys'' Rivas, 1971 * '' Centropristis'' Cuvier, 1829 * '' Chelidoperca'' Boulenger, 1895 * ''

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, 1878 * '' Diplectrum'' Holbrook, 1855 * ''

Dules ''Dules'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes which is a member of the subfamily Serraninae of the family Serranidae. It is a monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordi ...

'' Cuvier, 1829 * '' Hypoplectrus'' Gill, 1861 * '' Paralabrax'' Girard, 1856 * '' Parasphyraenops'' T.H. Bean, 1912 * '' Schultzea'' Woods, 1958 * '' Serraniculus'' Ginsburg, 1952 * ''

Serranus ''Serranus'' is a genus of fish in the family (biology), 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 reproduct ...

'' Cuvier, 1816

Taxonomy

The

Anthiinae Anthias are members of the family Anthiadidae in the order Perciformes. The group has also been called Anthiidae or Anthiinae, but these names are preoccupied by a subfamily of ground beetles in the family Carabidae erected by Bonelli in 1813 ...

are sometimes placed within the Serraninae but these fishes are mainly deepwater species and have a soft ray count in the

with a

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of eight. The subfamily is the most basal of the three subfamilies within the Serranidae, with the genus ''Centropristis'' being the most basal in the Serraninae.

References

{{Taxonbar, From=Q1303369 Serranidae Ray-finned fish subfamilies Taxa named by William Swainson