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Brown comber (Lat. Serranus hepatus). A demersal species that lives above different bottoms up to 300 m and most often 30-140 m. It grows up to 15 cm, mostly 5.5-12 cm. The head occupies almost one third of the body. The mouth is therefore, proportionally, very big. It hunts small fishes, cephalopods, crustaceans and annelids. It is a hermaphrodite species. It is fished with a nets and a hook.
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Local name
Vučić
English name
Brown comber
Scientific name
Serranus hepatus
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The head occupies almost one third of the body
Weight
Up to 0.15 kg
Length
Up to 0.15 m
Life span
Several years
Nutrition
Feeds on various invertebrates
Type of diet
Carnivorous
IUCN vulnerability status
Least Concern (IUCN Red List)
Distribution
It is found in the Eastern Atlantic: Portugal and the Canary Islands, south to Senegal. Also throughout the western and the eastern Mediterranean