Painted comber (Lat. Serranus scriba). Benthic species, lives in shallow waters, among algae and seagrass, to a depth of 50 m, often 7-30 m. Reaches 36 cm, but often 10-25 cm. Particularly greedy, the painted comber hunts in ambush. It keeps motionless, in a strategic point of its territory, which defends against its congeneric intruders, and attacks the passing ill-fated with unbelievable sprints. Feeds on small fish, crustaceans and cephalopods. It catches with longlines, trammel nets and fishing rods.