Serranus

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|58.7|0}} Thanetian to Present {{cite journal

| last = Sepkoski

| first = J.J.Jr

| title = A Compendium of Fossil Marine Animal Genera

| journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology

| volume = 363

| pages = 1–560

| year = 2002

| url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class

}}

| image = Serranus baldwini - pone.0010676.g060.png

| image_caption = Serranus baldwini

| image2 = Cabrilla reina.jpg

| image2_caption = Serranus cabrilla

| taxon = Serranus

| authority = G. Cuvier, 1816

| type_species = Perca cabrilla

| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758

| synonyms = *Hepatus Artedi, 1793

• Mentiperca Gill, 1862
• Neanthias Norman, 1931
• Novanthias Whitley, 1937
• Paracentropristis Klunzinger, 1884
• Prionodes Jenyns, 1840
• Serranellus D.S. Jordan, 1890

| synonyms_ref = {{Cof family | family = Serraninae | access-date = 7 September 2020}}

}}

Serranus is a genus of fish in the family Serranidae.{{FishBase_genus | genus = Serranus | month = August | year = 2022 }} It is one of five genera known commonly as the "Atlantic dwarf sea basses". These fish are hermaphrodites, each individual possessing functional male and female reproductive tissues. When a pair spawns, one fish acts as a male and the other acts as a female.García-Díaz, M., González, J.A., Lorente, M.J. & Tuset, V.M. (2006): [http://aquaticcommons.org/8987/1/garcia.pdf Spawning season, maturity sizes, and fecundity in blacktail comber (Serranus atricauda) (Serranidae) from the eastern-central Atlantic.] Fishery Bulletin, 104 (2): 159-166.