genus serranus

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the Serranidae: mostly small Pacific sea basses (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	fish genus,
definition	:	any of various genus of fish (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	belted sandfish, serranus subligarius,
definition	:	found in warm shallow waters of western Atlantic (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family serranidae, serranidae,
definition	:	marine fishes: sea basses; sea perches; groupers; jewfish (noun.animal)