Serranidae

plural noun

Ser·​ran·​i·​dae

-ranəˌdē

: a large and widely distributed family of carnivorous marine percoid fishes having an oblong and more or less compressed body covered with ctenoid scales and including many important food and sport fishes especially of warm seas see sea bass

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Serranus, type genus + -idae

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