Graysby

Cephalopholis cruentata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Serranidae
Genus:	Cephalopholis
Species:	C. cruentata
Binomial name
Cephalopholis cruentata (Lacepède, 1802)

The Graysby, Cephalopholis cruentata, is a Grouper in the Serranidae family from the Western Atlantic. It is found from North Carolina to southern Florida (USA), Bermuda, the Gulf of Mexico, the Bahamas, and the Caribbean. Its typical size is 15 to 25 cm (6 to 10 in.) in length, with a maximum size of 42 cm (16 in.).

References

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2009). "Cephalopholis cruentata" in FishBase. September 2009 version.

This Serranidae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Serranidae Serranidae stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР Cephalopholis boenak Cephalopholis formosa Look at other dictionaries: graysby — /grayz bee/, n., pl. graysbies. a serranid fish, Epinephelus cruentatus, inhabiting warm waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, having a reddish gray body marked with vermilion spots. [orig. uncert.] * * *       species of sea bass (q.v.). * * * …   Universalium graysby — grays·by …   English syllables graysby — ˈgrāzbē noun ( es) Etymology: origin unknown : a serranid fish (Petrometopon cruentatus) of the tropical western Atlantic typically reddish gray with vermilion spots but sometimes darker with brown spots or pale and banded * * * /grayz bee/, n.,… …   Useful english dictionary Cephalopholis — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii …   Wikipedia sea bass — /bas/ 1. any of numerous marine fishes of the family Serranidae. Cf. black sea bass. 2. any of numerous related or similar marine food fishes. [1755 65, Amer] * * * Any of about 400 species (family Serranidae) of carnivorous fishes, most of which …   Universalium red hind — noun 1. : a grouper (Epinephelus guttatus) ranging from the Carolinas to Brazil having red spots, being variably colored but usually light gray, tannish yellow, or whitish, and being important as a food fish in Cuba called also cabrilla 2. :… …   Useful english dictionary 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”