taxonID	type	description	language	source
F651DA1CFFD3A56257BCFC26E6DB4097.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Dorsal-fin X, 14 – 15; pectoral-fin rays 15 – 16; gill rakers 6 – 8 + 12 – 15 (18 – 22 total); circumpeduncular scales 26 – 34; lateral-line scales 67 – 76; scales from dorsal fin to lateral line 9 – 12; scales from the anal-fin origin to lateral line 22 – 26. Caudal fin emarginate. Scales small, ctenoid and deciduous. Body elongate, not much compressed; body depth less than head length, about 3.3 – 4.2 in SL; head length 2.5 – 2.9 in SL. Maxilla extending to below middle of the eye; jaws subequal; lower jaw projecting; opercle with three flat spines. Eye diameter greater than interorbital length and less than snout length, eye diameter contained 9.6 – 13.1 in SL. Snout, interorbital and maxilla naked. Pectoral fin originates before dorsal fin and slightly before the pelvic fin. Distal tip of pectoral fin before anal-fin origin.	en	Sithole, Yonela, Heemstra, Elaine, Mwale, Monica (2021): Revalidation and redescription of Serranus knysnaensis Gilchrist, 1904 (Perciformes: Serranidae) with a new distribution record. Zootaxa 5057 (1): 99-113, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5057.1.6
F651DA1CFFD9A56E57BCF9E8E7DF43B7.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Dorsal-fin X, 14; pectoral-fin rays 16 – 17; gill rakers 9 – 12 + 21 – 24 (31 – 35 total); circumpeduncular scales 34 – 36; lateral-line scales 67 – 74; scales from dorsal fin to lateral line 9 – 10; scales from the anal-fin origin to lateral line 20 – 23. Caudal fin emarginated; scales ctenoid; maxilla naked; teeth on vomer and palatines; opercle with three flat spines, central spine largest and directed horizontally; cheek, pectoral-fin base and chest scaly.	en	Sithole, Yonela, Heemstra, Elaine, Mwale, Monica (2021): Revalidation and redescription of Serranus knysnaensis Gilchrist, 1904 (Perciformes: Serranidae) with a new distribution record. Zootaxa 5057 (1): 99-113, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5057.1.6
F651DA1CFFD1A56657BCF8D1E5E446D3.taxon	materials_examined	Type species Perca cabrilla Linnaeus, 1758	en	Sithole, Yonela, Heemstra, Elaine, Mwale, Monica (2021): Revalidation and redescription of Serranus knysnaensis Gilchrist, 1904 (Perciformes: Serranidae) with a new distribution record. Zootaxa 5057 (1): 99-113, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5057.1.6
F651DA1CFFD1A56657BCF8D1E5E446D3.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Dorsal-fin X, 12 – 15; anal-fin rays III, 7; pectoral-fin rays 12 – 17; pelvic-fin rays I, 5, pectoral fin above, or slightly in front of, pelvic fin; gill rakers 6 – 12 + 12 – 23 (18 – 35 total); circumpeduncular scales 26 – 38; lateral-line scales 67 – 77; scales from dorsal fin to lateral line 9 – 12; scales from anal-fin origin to lateral line 20 – 26. Caudal fin truncate to emarginate or moderately forked, 17 principal rays with 15 branched; scales ctenoid, some species with cycloid scales on head or trunk; supramaxilla absent; maxilla, snout and chin naked; teeth on dentary, premaxillary, vomer and palatines; mouth moderately protractile; opercle with usually three flat spines (two opercular spines in S. drewesi, Iwamoto & Wirtz, 2018), central spine largest and directed horizontally; preopercle serrate; lateral line complete with pored scales. Branchiostegal rays 7. Vertebrae 10 + 14 = 24.	en	Sithole, Yonela, Heemstra, Elaine, Mwale, Monica (2021): Revalidation and redescription of Serranus knysnaensis Gilchrist, 1904 (Perciformes: Serranidae) with a new distribution record. Zootaxa 5057 (1): 99-113, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5057.1.6
F651DA1CFFD8A56D57BCFA86E45D42E3.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Dorsal-fin X, 13 – 14; pectoral-fin rays 14 – 16; gill rakers 7 – 8 + 14 – 16 (22 – 24 total); circumpeduncular scales 34 – 38; lateral-line scales 70 – 77; scales from dorsal fin to lateral line 9 – 12; scales from the anal-fin origin to lateral line 22 – 25. Caudal fin emarginate to slightly forked; cheek, nape, opercle, pectoral-fin base and chest scaly.	en	Sithole, Yonela, Heemstra, Elaine, Mwale, Monica (2021): Revalidation and redescription of Serranus knysnaensis Gilchrist, 1904 (Perciformes: Serranidae) with a new distribution record. Zootaxa 5057 (1): 99-113, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5057.1.6
