Serranidae (Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets), subfamily: Serraninae |
36 cm SL (male/unsexed); max. reported age: 16 years |
demersal; depth range 5 - 150 m |
Eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay to Mauritania (Ref. 5377), including the Canary, and Azores. Also from the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. |
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Found on rocky bottom and on Posidonia beds. Feed on fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 5506). Also found in muddy and algal or seagrass overgrown substrates. Reported to be a simultaneous hermaphrodite, which tends to spawn from early spring to early summer (Ref. 91154). |
(Ref. 96402)
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harmless |
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