The comber (/ˈkɒmbər/;[3] Serranus cabrilla) is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Serranidae, the sea basses.

It is marked with 7 to 9 darker transverse bands along its flanks, these are broken by a longitudinal white to yellowish stripe, running from the head to the tail.

[1] It also occurs off the coasts of South Africa where it is found from the Cape of Good Hope to KwaZulu-Natal.

[2] Records from the Red Sea were thought to be a result of Anti-Lessepsian migration from the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal.

[1] However, genetic analysis demonstrated that the Red Sea population must have existed before the opening of the Suez Canal.

They are capable of being either male or female, and there are known to have been instances of self-fertilisation where fish have been unable to locate a partner for spawning.