moronidae and serranidae 1 family moronidae temperate basses local species: ostriped bass (morone...
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Moronidae and Serranidae1
Family Moronidae
• Temperate Basses• Local species:
o Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis)
o Wreckfish (Polyprion americanus)
Morone saxatilis
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Moronidae and Serranidae2
Moronidae Characteristics
• Easily distinguished by two spines on the operculumo Body compressed laterally, large mouth
and ctenoid scaleso Tail is usually deeply forked, never
hermaphrodites
• Commonly broken into 2 different families: Moronidae and Acropomatidae
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Striped Bass
• Anadromous specieso A large percentage of the eastern U.S.
population depends on the Chesapeake water shed for spawning
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Striped Bass released in the Cape Fear
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Moronidae and Serranidae5
Wreckfish
• Commercially importanto Found on both
sides of the Atlantic
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Moronidae and Serranidae6
Family Serranidae
• Sea Basses• Common species:
o Scamp (Mycteroperca phenax)
o Gag (Mycteroperca microlepis)
o Black Sea Bass (Centropristis striata)
o Warsaw Grouper (Epinephelus nigritus)
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Moronidae and Serranidae7
Serranidae Characteristics
• Large piscivores that associate with temperate and tropical reefs
• Important food fisho Top predators
may be ciguatoxic
• Distinguished by:o Large mouth and
a heavy heado 3 spines on the
operculumo 3 spines in the
anal fin o Usually
hermaphroditic
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Ciguatera
• Condition caused by the ingestion of toxic fish flesho Symptoms
• Causative organism is a dinoflagellate called Gambierdiscus toxicus which can bloom in high numbers
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Moronidae and Serranidae9
So are you a guy or a girl?
• Sequential hermaphroditeo Sex change
occurs:o Females - Males
Protogyny or protogynous
o Males - Females Protandrous or protandry
• Simultaneous hermaphroditeo Contains both
ovaries and testes
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Serranidae
Black Sea Bass (Centropristis striata)
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Serranidae
Gag (Mycteroperca microlepis)
Adult
Juvenile
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Serranidae
Scamp (Mycteroperca phenax)
Adult
Juvenile
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Serranidae
Sand Perch (Diplectrum formosum)
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