Pygmy sea bass

{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Anderson, W. |author2=Carpenter, K.E. |author3=Gilmore, G. |author4=Milagrosa Bustamante, G. |author5=Polanco Fernandez, A. |author6=Robertson, R. |date=2015 |title=''Serraniculus pumilio'' |volume=2015 |article-number=e.T16759463A16781883 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T16759463A16781883.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref> | taxon = Serraniculus pumilio | parent_authority = Ginsburg, 1952<ref name = CofF>{{Cof record | genid = 7797 | title = Serraniculus | access-date = 7 September 2020}}</ref> | authority = Ginsburg, 1952 }} The '''pygmy sea bass''' ('''''Serraniculus pumilio''''') is a species of marine ray-finned fish, it is the only member of the monotypic genus ''Serraniculus'' which is classified under the subfamily Serraninae, one of three subfamilies in the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and groupers. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean and the northern Gulf of Mexico from South Carolina south to the northern coasts of South America but is absent from the Bahamas and the West Indies.<ref name = Fishbase>{{Fishbase|Serraniculus|pumilio|month+december|year =2020}}</ref> It lives among sea grass growing onnsandy or shell bottoms beds down to depths of {{convert|45|m|ft}} and feeds on small benthic crustaceans.<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" /> It is a synchronous hermaphrodite. This species attains a maximum total length of {{convert|7.5|cm|in}}.<ref name = Fishbase/>

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Category:Serraninae Category:Fish described in 1952 {{Serranidae-stub}}