serranid

Noun
  1. Marine food sport fishes mainly of warm coastal waters (synset 102568740)
    is a type of: percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
    subtypes:
    • morone americana, silver perch, white perch - small silvery food and game fish of eastern United States streams
    • morone interrupta, yellow bass - North American freshwater bass resembling the larger marine striped bass
    • 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
    • soapfish - fishes with slimy mucus-covered skin; found in the warm Atlantic coastal waters of America
    belongs to: family serranidae, serranidae - marine fishes: sea basses; sea perches; groupers; jewfish
    same as: serranid fish

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