Brown comber
📖 Overview
Found over seagrass, sand, mud and rocks . Carnivorous, decapods dominate the diet. Adapts well in an aquarium . A synchronous hermaphrodite .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Physical description for Brown comber is currently being compiled.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Brown comber is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
Manifests synchronous hermaphroditism, particularly, differentiation of the ovary is earlier than that of the testis .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; demersal; depth range 5 - 100 m . Subtropical; 45°N - 12°N, 19°W - 36°E south to Senegal.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Brown comber |
| 🏳️Catalan | Serrà de bou · Serrà marró |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Dværgbars |
| 🇩🇪German | Beutelbarsch · Kleiner Serran |
| 🌍ELL | Καψομούλα · Πέρκα · Περκάκι |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | ruskosaha-ahven |
| 🇫🇷French | Pétaijde · Serran · Serran Hépate · Serran Hépate à Tache Noire · Serran Tambour · Serran tambour, Tambour · Serran-hépate · Tambour · Treliuras |
| 🌍HEB | אוקונוס הכתם · אוקונית הכתם |
| 🇭🇷Croatian | Vučić |
| 🇮🇹Italian | Sciarrano sacchetto |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | シマタレクチベラ |
| 🌍MLT | Burqax tax-xewka · Hanzir · Hanzir burqax · Hanzir tal-hofor · Hanzir zghir · Sirrana tar-ramel |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | Bruine schriftbaars |
| 🇵🇱Polish | Pilcyk · piłczyk |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Ferreiro-serrano · Serrano-ferreiro |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Средиземноморский каменный окунь |
| 🌍SLV | Volkec |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Afanecada · Barrachos · Borinoda · Cabrilla · Cherna · Inflaconys · Merillo · Mero · Mérito · Serrano · Serrano Café · Serrá · Tamburino · Treslliuraz · Vaca Serrana |
| 🌍SQI | Kerr i gurit · kërri i gurit · mista |
| 🇸🇪Swedish | svartfenad havsabborre |
| 🌍TUR | benekli hani |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 斑鰭鮨 |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labrus fasciatus | Walbaum | 1792 | Heterotypic |
| Labrus hepatus | Linnaeus | 1758 | Homotypic |
| Paracentropristis hepatus | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
🦠 Common Diseases
The following diseases are known to affect Brown comber.
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 16 records indexed .
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