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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within thesuperfamily Percoidea . Many of serranid species are brightly colored.
Etymologies
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Fish and crustacean species dominant for the ecoregion are those traditionally found in estuarine and arid environments such as Serranidae (sea basses), Gerreidae (ray-finned fishes) and Mugilidae (mullets).
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For example, the foraging strategy of groupers (Family Serranidae) is to sit, wait, and inhale.
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There is particularly high diversity among the fish populations, the families of which include: Mugelidae, Serranidae, Carangidae, Gerridae, Hemiramphidae, Plectrorhynchidae and Elopidae.
Madagascar mangroves 2008
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Hypoplectrus (Teleostei: Serranidae) colour morphotypes 'by B Holt (UEA), I Cote
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Hypoplectrus (Teleostei: Serranidae) colour morphotypes 'by B Holt (UEA), I Cote
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The structure of the ordination was driven by strong associations of sharks (Carcharhinidae), jacks (Carangidae), and large species of groupers (Serranidae) and snappers (Lutjanidae) with regions of low human population density
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Groupers of the world (family Serranidae, subfamily Epinephelinae).
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Twenty taxa of predatory fishes met the above criteria and included eight species of grouper (Family Serranidae), eight species of snapper (Lutjanidae), one species each of trumpetfish (Aulostomidae) and barracuda (Sphyraenidae), and both jacks
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Distribution and diversity of Hypoplectrus (Teleostei: Serranidae) colour morphotypes 'by B Holt (UEA), I Cote (Simon Fraser University, Canada) and B Emerson (UEA) is published by Global Ecology and Biogeography on April 23.
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Distribution and diversity of Hypoplectrus (Teleostei: Serranidae) colour morphotypes 'by B Holt (UEA), I Cote (Simon Fraser University, Canada) and B Emerson (UEA) is published by Global Ecology and Biogeography on April 23.
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