{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossilrange|58.7|0}} Thanetian to Present <ref>{{cite journal | last = Sepkoski | first = J.J.Jr | title = A Compendium of Fossil Marine Animal Genera | journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology | volume = 363 | pages = 1–560 | year = 2002 | url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class }}</ref> | image = Serranus baldwini - pone.0010676.g060.png | image_caption = ''Serranus baldwini'' | image2 = Cabrilla reina.jpg | image2_caption = ''Serranus cabrilla'' | taxon = Serranus | authority = G. Cuvier, 1816 | type_species = ''Perca cabrilla'' | type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758 | synonyms = *''Hepatus'' <small>Artedi, 1793</small> *''Mentiperca'' <small>Gill, 1862</small> *''Neanthias'' <small>Norman, 1931</small> *''Novanthias'' <small>Whitley, 1937</small> *''Paracentropristis'' <small>Klunzinger, 1884</small> *''Prionodes'' <small>Jenyns, 1840</small> *''Serranellus'' <small>D.S. Jordan, 1890</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name = CofFS>{{Cof family | family = Serraninae | access-date = 7 September 2020}}</ref> }}
'''''Serranus''''' is a genus of fish in the family Serranidae.<ref name=Fishbase>{{FishBase_genus | genus = Serranus | month = August | year = 2022 }}</ref> It is one of five genera known commonly as the "Atlantic dwarf sea basses".<ref name=Carvalho2013/> 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.<ref name=Garcia2006>{{cite journal|author=García-Díaz, M.|author2= González, J.A.|author3= Lorente, M.J. |author4= Tuset, V.M. |year=2006|url=http://aquaticcommons.org/8987/1/garcia.pdf |title=Spawning season, maturity sizes, and fecundity in blacktail comber (''Serranus atricauda'') (Serranidae) from the eastern-central Atlantic |journal=Fishery Bulletin|volume= 104 |issue=2|pages= 159-166}}</ref>
==Species== There are currently 34 recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{Cof genus|genus=Serranus|access-date=27 November 2025}}</ref> * ''Serranus accraensis'' <small>(Norman, 1931)</small> (Ghanean comber) * ''Serranus aequidens'' <small>C. H. Gilbert, 1890</small> (Deep-water bass) * ''Serranus aliceae'' <small>Carvalho-Filho & C. E. L. Ferreira, 2013</small> <ref name=Carvalho2013>{{cite journal |author1=Carvalho Filho, A. |author2=Ferreira, C.E.L. | year = 2013 | title = A new species of dwarf sea bass, genus ''Serranus'' (Serranidae: Actinopterygii), from the southwestern Atlantic Ocean | journal = Neotropical Ichthyology | volume = 11 | issue = 4 | pages = 809–814 | doi = 10.1590/s1679-62252013000400008 | doi-access = free }}</ref> * ''Serranus annularis'' <small>(Günther, 1880)</small> (Orange-back bass) * ''Serranus atricauda'' <small>Günther, 1874</small> (Blacktail comber) * ''Serranus atrobranchus'' <small>(Cuvier, 1829)</small> (Black-ear bass) * ''Serranus baldwini'' <small>(Evermann & Marsh, 1899)</small> (Lantern bass) * ''Serranus cabrilla'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> (Comber) * ''Serranus chionaraia'' <small>C. R. Robins & Starck, 1961</small> (Snow bass) * ''Serranus drewesi'' <small>Iwamoto, 2018</small> (Drewes' bass) * ''Serranus flaviventris'' <small>(Cuvier, 1829)</small> (Twin-spot bass) * ''Serranus fusculus'' <small>(Poey, 1861)</small> (twospot sea bass) * ''Serranus hepatus'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> (Brown comber) * ''Serranus heterurus'' <small>(Cadenat, 1937)</small> * ''Serranus huascarii'' <small>Steindachner, 1900</small> (Flag bass) * ''Serranus inexpectatus'' <small>Wirtz & Iwamoto, 2018</small> * ''Serranus knysnaensis'' <small>Gilchrist, 1904</small> * ''Serranus luciopercanus'' <small>Poey, 1852</small> (Cross-hatch bass) * ''Serranus maytagi'' <small>C. R. Robins & Starck, 1961</small> * ''Serranus notospilus'' <small>Longley, 1935</small> (Saddle bass) * ''Serranus novemcinctus'' <small>Kner, 1864</small> (Barred bass) * ''Serranus papilionaceus'' <small>Valenciennes, 1832</small> * ''Serranus phoebe'' <small>Poey, 1851</small> * ''Serranus psittacinus'' <small>Valenciennes, 1846</small> (Barred comber) * ''Serranus pulcher'' <small>Wirtz & Iwamoto, 2016</small> (São Tomé comber) <ref name=Wirtz2016>{{cite journal|author=Wirtz, P. |author2= Iwamoto, T. |year=2016|title= A New Species of ''Serranus'' from São Tomé and Príncipe, Eastern Atlantic (Pisces, Teleostei, Serranidae)|journal=Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences|volume= 63 |issue=6|pages= 191-200}}</ref> * ''Serranus sanctaehelenae'' <small>Boulenger, 1895</small> (St. Helena comber) * ''Serranus scriba'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> (Painted comber) * ''Serranus socorroensis'' <small>G. R. Allen & D. R. Robertson, 1992</small> (Socorro bass) * ''Serranus stilbostigma'' <small>(D. S. Jordan & Bollman, 1890)</small> * ''Serranus subligarius'' <small>(Cope, 1870)</small> (Belted bass) * ''Serranus tabacarius'' <small>(Cuvier, 1829)</small> (Tobaccofish) * ''Serranus tico'' <small>G. R. Allen & D. R. Robertson, 1998</small> * ''Serranus tigrinus'' <small>(Bloch, 1790)</small> (Harlequin bass) * ''Serranus tortugarum'' <small>Longley, 1935</small> (Chalk bass)
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