The name of two fishes found off the English coast. Serranus cabrilla, a fish of the sea-perch family; also called gaper.

A fish of the genus Serranus or the family Serranidæ, which includes many food fishes, as the black sea bass.

an edible grouper of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean, Epinephelus adscensionis, having olive brown coloration with dark spots.

(See quots.)