El inhlanzi ye-serrano, igama laso elithile ngu i-serrano scriba, luhlobo lomzimba ohlangene, yize lukhuluphele kakhulu kunalolo lwe- i-serranus cabrilla, okuhlukaniswa ngalo, futhi nenhloko, okukhonjwe kakhulu, nangomsila, osikiwe noma oyindilinga. I-caudal peduncle yenhlanzi i-serrano iminyene ngomlomo omkhulu futhi i-maxilla iyabonakala, ngaphandle kwesikali noma i-supermaxilla.
I-preopercle iserger ngokuphelele futhi i-operculum inezinsika ezintathu eziyisicaba. I- izikali mancane kakhulu, kulayini ohlangothini uphakathi kuka-65 no-75.
La Umbala wenza le serranid ibe yizinhlobo ezingenakuphikwa futhi ngokungangabazeki mihle, ingemuva nengxenye yezinhlangothi kunombala opinki noma onsundu ngokukhanyayo, futhi kunemivimbo emihlanu nesikhombisa emnyama emnyama eguqukayo, indawo enkulu eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, ebonakala kakhulu ngobudala nobungako bezinhlanzi, ihlala engxenyeni ye-ventral izinhlangothi ezinhlangothini zangaphambi kwesiphetho sendunu, ingxenye ye-caudal peduncle nomsila kuphuzi.
Inhloko yalawa ma-serranids iyi-labyrinth yangempela ye imigqa eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka okusikhumbuza umbhalo wesi-Arabhu. Naphezu kokubukeka kwayo okubabazekayo, le nhlanzi yasezintabeni ayivamile ukudlula leyo 25cm ubude.
Inhlanzi eyi-serrano ihlala ngaphansi kwamadwala angajulile nezindawo ezinotshani ze- utshani basolwandle. Kubukeka sengathi kunokwehlukaniswa kwe-bathymetric ne-serranus cabrilla. Lapho zombili lezi zinhlobo ziyi-sympatrid, ubukhulu be- serranus umbhali ijwayele ukwehla ngokujula, ngenkathi leyo ye-serranus cabrilla inyuka.
Lokhu kwehlukaniswa kubonakala kungenxa yokukhishwa inyumbazana endaweni ethile, kuvame ukunciphisa ukuncintisana okucacile, ngoba uma olunye lwezinhlobo ezimbili lungekho, noma luyivelakancane, olunye alugcwalisi ngokuphelele igebe, kepha ukusatshalaliswa okufanayo kwe-bathymetric.
I-serrano iyi- inhlanzi ehlala yodwa evikela ngokuqinile indawo yayo kwezinye izinhlobo zezilwane. Njengama-serranid amaningi, ingumzingeli onolaka de peces, elicashe licashe phansi, nakuba liphinde lidle ama-crustaceans, ama-polychaetes kanye nama-mollusk.