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Pygmy sea bass

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Pygmy sea bass
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Subfamily: Serraninae
Genus: Serraniculus
Ginsburg, 1952[2]
Species:
S. pumilio
Binomial name
Serraniculus pumilio
Ginsburg, 1952

The pygmy sea bass (Serraniculus pumilio) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, it is the only member of the monotypic genus Serraniculus which is classified under the subfamily Serraninae, one of three subfamilies in the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and groupers. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean and the northern Gulf of Mexico from South Carolina south to the northern coasts of South America but is absent from the Bahamas and the West Indies.[3] It lives among sea grass growing onnsandy or shell bottoms beds down to depths of 45 metres (148 ft) and feeds on small benthic crustaceans.[1] It is a synchronous hermaphrodite. This species attains a maximum total length of 7.5 centimetres (3.0 in).[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Anderson, W.; Carpenter, K.E.; Gilmore, G.; Milagrosa Bustamante, G.; Polanco Fernandez, A.; Robertson, R. (2015). "Serraniculus pumilio". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T16759463A16781883. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T16759463A16781883.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Serraniculus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  3. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2020). "Serraniculus pumilio month+december". FishBase.