---
title: "Comber"
description: "Serranus cabrilla — Vissen. The comber (; Serranus cabrilla) is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Serranidae, the sea basses."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/comber
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Comber

> Serranus cabrilla — Vissen. The comber (; Serranus cabrilla) is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Serranidae, the sea basses.

- Scientific name: *Serranus cabrilla*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 3271
- Wikidata: [Q1355191](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1355191)
- iNaturalist taxon: [118675](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/118675)

## Names

- en: Comber
- de: Sägebarsch
- es: Cabrilla
- fr: Serran commun

## Countries with the most observations

ES (1239), FR (879), GR (301), PT (230), IT (196), HR (74), TR (45), ZA (25), DZ (24), ME (15), AL (9), MT (9)

## Summary

The comber (; Serranus cabrilla) is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Serranidae, the sea basses. It is widely distributed in the eastern North and South Atlantic Oceans and into the southwestern Indian Ocean. It is caught for food and fishmeal in some parts of its range.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comber_(fish)

## Photo

![Comber](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/comber/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andra Waagmeester · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/227601892

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/comber?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).