Painted comber
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An illustration based on the real animal.
A little discovery to share.
The painted comber eats bottom-dwelling animals and other food.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Painted comber
- Scientific name
- Serranus scriba
- Japanese name
- ペインテッドコンバー
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Serranidae
- Genus
- Serranus
A relative of groupers that lives in seagrass beds and on nearby rocky reefs. It usually holds a territory and lives alone.
It is male and female at the same time: its ovaries and testes mature together.
In the breeding season it looks for a partner before sunset, and the pair spawn many times, taking turns playing the male and female roles.
Basic data
- Size
- Total length: 30 cm
- Diet
- Benthic organisms and other foods
- Range
- Eastern Atlantic coast from the Canary Islands to the Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean Sea, and Black Sea
Where the Painted comber has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ペインテッドコンバー
- 简体中文
- 纹首鮨
- 繁體中文
- 紋首鮨
- Español
- Serrano
- Français
- Vachette
- Deutsch
- Schriftbarsch
- Português (Brasil)
- Serrano-riscado
- Italiano
- Sciarrano
- العربية
- السردوك
- Русский
- Морской каменный окунь
- Türkçe
- Yazılı Hani Balığı
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 葛西臨海水族園 — ペインテッドコンバーChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
Report a mistakeWhen you meet the Painted comber, look for this
- Look for courtship behavior in which it shows its vivid blue-purple belly to a partner.
Animals do different things from day to day, so you may not always see this.
葛西臨海水族園EXHIBIT INFORMATION
Places that keep or show the Painted comber
Zoos, aquariums and other places whose official websites say they keep or show this animal.
Kanto
Displays can change with the animals’ health and the seasons. Check each facility’s official website before you go.
RELATIVES
Others in Serranidae
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