Serranus papilionaceus Valenciennes, 1832
Butterfly-winged comber
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > Serranidae (Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets)
Etymology: Serranus: Latin, serran, serranus, saw and a fish of genus Serranus (Ref. 45335).
Etymology: Serranus: Latin, serran, serranus, saw and a fish of genus Serranus (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 3 - 80 m (Ref. 126427). Subtropical
Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
Eastern Atlantic: Mauritania south to Senegal, including Canary Is. (Ref. 133133); including Morocco, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau and southwards to Angola. Reports of this species from Madeira and the Azores are unsubstantiated (Ref. 126427).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 36.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 126427); common length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 126427); max. published weight: 670.00 g (Ref. 126427)
Max length : 36.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 126427); common length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 126427); max. published weight: 670.00 g (Ref. 126427)
Occurs on sandy and rocky bottoms. Reported to be a secondary fishery resource which is exploited all year round by local small-scale fisheries with hook-and-line, traps and trammel nets, and its landings showed no notable trend over the period of 2014-2019, yielding a mean value near 5.9 t/y, with a peak of 13.7 t in 2018. It is also subject to some recreational fishing activity. (Ref. 126427).
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Main reference
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Vella, A., N. Vella and C. Acosta-Díaz, 2021. Resurrection of the butterfly-winged comber, Serranus papilionaceus Valenciennes, 1832 (Teleostei, Serranidae) and its phylogenetic position with genus Serranus. ZooKeys 1017:111-126. (Ref. 133133)
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: genus, species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | National databases | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01096 (0.00514 - 0.02340), b=3.05 (2.88 - 3.22), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.7 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).