SERRANIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Serranidae mean? 

• SERRANIDAE (noun)
  The noun SERRANIDAE has 1 sense:

1. marine fishes: sea basses; sea perches; groupers; jewfish

  Familiarity information: SERRANIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SERRANIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Marine fishes: sea basses; sea perches; groupers; jewfish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Serranidae; Serranidae

Hypernyms ("Serranidae" is a kind of...):

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Serranidae"):

serranid; serranid fish (marine food sport fishes mainly of warm coastal waters)

genus Morone; Morone (carnivorous fresh and salt water fishes)

sea bass (any of various food and sport fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States having an elongated body and long spiny dorsal fin)

genus Synagrops; Synagrops (a genus of Serranidae)

Centropristis; genus Centropristis (sea basses)

genus Roccus; Roccus (a genus of Serranidae)

genus Polyprion; Polyprion (wreckfish)

genus Serranus; Serranus (type genus of the Serranidae: mostly small Pacific sea basses)

Epinephelus; genus Epinephelus (genus of groupers or sea bass)

genus Paranthias; Paranthias (a genus of Serranidae)

genus Mycteroperca; Mycteroperca (groupers)

genus Rypticus; Rypticus (a genus of fish of the family Serranidae, including soapfishes)

Holonyms ("Serranidae" is a member of...):

order Perciformes; order Percomorphi; Perciformes; Percomorphi (one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna)