serranidn.adj.
/ˈsɛrənɪd/, U.S. /ˈsɛrənəd/ Zoology.
A. n.
Any of numerous fishes constituting the percoid family Serranidae, which comprises predatory marine fishes with spiny dorsal fins.The family includes the sea basses and groupers, some of which are important food fishes.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Serranidae (sea-bass) > [noun] > member of
anthias1601
sea-perch1601
jewfish1679
hind1735
mero1763
rock cod1790
rock codfish1796
Norway or Norwegian haddock1847
serranid1879
1879 Ann. Rec. Sci. & Industry 1878 461 It [sc. mobility of teeth] also occurs not only in the Lophiids and Esocids, but in the Ceratiids, and many Serranids, Blenniids, Gobiids, and others.
1917 B.W. Everman & L. Radcliffe Fishes West Coast Peru & Titicaca Basin 78 It is impossible to identify it certainly with any known Serranid from the coast of Peru.
1957 Copeia No. 4 283/1 On one of our deep-water fishing trips, a brassy coloured serranid was captured.
2010 J. Godwin in K. S. Cole Reprod. & Sexuality Marine Fishes ix. 282 The serranids are ecologically and economically important because groupers support important fisheries.
B. adj.
Of or relating to serranids or the family Serranidae; characteristic of a serranid.
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1908 D. G. Stead Edible Fishes New S. Wales 60 It is a large and handsome Serranid Perch.
1958 Biol. Bull. 114 362 Analysis shows..serranid grunts tend to be initiated with high frequency spikes.
1972 Nature 7 Apr. 266/1 The world-wide classification of the serranid fishes remains unsatisfactory.
2007 G. S. Helfman Fish Conservation ii. 46/2 If serranid biology is ignored, marine protected areas can be successful in protecting other fishes but not groupers and sea basses.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1879