#2206 · 🐟 fish
Comber
🇳🇱 Zaagbaars ·Serranus cabrilla
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what is it?
Comber (/ˈkɒmbər/) ( Serranus cabrilla ), is a species of fish in the family Serranidae.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 3,406 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Comber
- Nederlands
- Zaagbaars
- scientific name
- Serranus cabrilla
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Perciformes
- family
- Serranidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 2,877
- sightings worldwide
- 3,406
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Serranidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 118675, Wikidata Q1355191, GBIF 2388710, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.