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Definition of Family Serranidae
1. Noun. Marine fishes: sea basses; sea perches; groupers; jewfish.
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Order Perciformes, Order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi
Member holonyms: Serranid, Serranid Fish, Genus Morone, Morone, Sea Bass, Genus Synagrops, Synagrops, Centropristis, Genus Centropristis, Genus Roccus, Roccus, Genus Polyprion, Polyprion, Genus Serranus, Serranus, Epinephelus, Genus Epinephelus, Genus Paranthias, Paranthias, Genus Mycteroperca, Mycteroperca, Genus Rypticus, Rypticus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Serranidae
Literary usage of Family Serranidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report of the New York Zoological Society by New York Zoological Society (1913)
"... Rhombus paru 1 month Family SERRANIDAE (Sea-basses). Striped Bass, Roccus
lineatus. (Brought in as two-year- old; will be 21 years old this spring, ..."
2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"A large family (Serranidae) of marine, perch-like fishes, abounding in all warm
seas and in some fresh waters ..."
3. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1917)
"... lineatus) is a fish of the family Serranidae and quite common in the Potomac.
It occurs commonly around the Atlantic coast. ..."
4. The Big Game Fishes of the United States: A Collection of Critical Essays by Charles Burton Martin, Viktor Aleksandrovich Maksunov, Charles Frederick Holder, Amiya Chandra Chakravarty, David Malet Armstrong (1903)
"It belongs to the family Serranidae, in which is included the splendid striped
bass, which attains a weight of one hundred pounds, and affords rare sport ..."
5. The big game fishes of the United States by Charles Frederick Holder (1903)
"It belongs to the family Serranidae, in which is included the splendid striped
bass, which attains a weight of one hundred pounds, and affords rare sport ..."
6. The Sexuality Seriesby Oneil McQuick by Oneil McQuick (2006)
"... (family Serranidae). These are a highly sought food fish complex made up of
primarily groupers. Since even a small male can produce more than enough ..."
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