Blacktail comber (Serranus atricauda)

Scientific name: Serranus atricauda G?nther, 1874

Blacktail comber (Serranus atricauda)

The Blacktail comber (Serranus atricauda) is a marine fish of the family Serranidae. Native range: Eastern Atlantic, along the coasts of Europe and Africa from Biscay, the Azores, south to the Canary Islands, Algeria and Morocco.

Species facts

Scientific name
Serranus atricauda
Family
Serranidae (Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
43.2
Common length
25.0
Depth range
90 m (295 ft)
Environment
Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 90 m
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: along the coasts of Europe and Africa from Biscay, the Azores, south to the Canary Islands, Algeria and Morocco.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Data deficient (DD)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Tmax=16; K=0.11)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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