Species: Serranus psittacinus, Banded serrano, Barred serrano
belly: row large spots
Serranus psittacinus Valenciennes, 1846
Barred serrano, Banded serrano
Body elongate, moderately compressed; body depth 3.2-3.4 in SL; preopercle regularly serrated, no spur with enlarged spines; 10-12 lower gill rakers; dorsal rays X (rarely IX or XI), 11-13; anal rays III, 7; pectoral rays 17, short, not reaching anus; tail with blunt, straight edge; scales rough, relatively large, lateral-line scales 46-49.
Head and body grey to brown above, white below; upper body with 4 short double or H-shaped dark bars; lower body behind pectoral base back to end of tail base with a row of ~7 dark (red, orange or dark brown) blotches; upper end of tail base with a dark blotch; dorsal fin with central red stripe, soft fin with reddish spots; tail fin with many vertical rows of red spots; anal fin with red spots; Subadult with a broad dark stripe from snout, through eye, to end of tail base, a row of small dark spots along lower body behind pectoral.
Size: to 18 cm.
Inhabits small patch reefs or rocky outcrops in sand- rubble areas in rocks.
Depth: 2-60 m.
Central Baja to the Gulf of California to Peru, the Galapagos.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Corals
- Reef only
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Rocks
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- No Data
- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Bony fishes
- Egg Type
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- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Pelagic
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Island (s)
- TEP endemic
- All species
- Continent + Island (s)
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- South Temperate (Peruvian Province )
- North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 18
- Depth Range Min
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- 2
- Depth Range Max
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- 60
