Fish ID

Family Serranidae, SEA BASSES AND GROUPER

Description: body and dorsal fins with many dark brown bars and alternating orange and blue horizontal lines; head with many blue lines; preopercular spines very well developed; grouped in 2 radiating clusters with a deep notch between them; upper lobe of caudal fin prolonged in adults.

Size: to 30 cm (1 ft.).

Where found: bays, coastal grassy areas, and shallow banks.

Remarks: popular as a pan fish despite its small size.

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