Credit: Illustration by Diane Rome Peebles
Family Serranidae
Description: pale olive or brassy-brown in color with indistinct black
blotches that form vertical berrings (the blotch above pectoral fin darker);
wavy blue lines on head; lips purplish-blue; caudal fin tri-lobed on adults;
edge of nape unscaled
Similar fish: rock sea bass, C.
philadelphica; other Centropristis
Where found:offshore
in deep water with rocks and reefs
Size: usually 0.3 pounds (8
inches)
Remarks: undergoes sex change, starting life as female,
changing to male after three to four spawning seasons; feeds on the bottom,
taking squid, crustaceans, and small fish
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