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Painted Comber

Serranus scriba

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Field Notes

Habitat:

Found on rocky bottom and on Posidonia beds. Feed on fishes and crustaceans. Also found in muddy and algal or seagrass overgrown substrates. Reported to be a simultaneous hermaphrodite, which tends to spawn from early spring to early summer.

Reference Links:

Serranus scriba, Painted comber : fisheries, gamefish

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PublishedOctober 20, 2013

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