serranid vs yellow bass

serranid and yellow bass both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
serranid	Yes	No	No	No
yellow bass	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, yellow bass is a hyponym of serranid; that is, yellow bass is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than serranid:

serranid: marine food sport fishes mainly of warm coastal waters
yellow bass: North American freshwater bass resembling the larger marine striped bass

Other hyponyms of serranid include Morone americana, silver perch, white perch, Morone interrupta, sea bass, soapfish.

serranid (noun)	yellow bass (noun)
marine food sport fishes mainly of warm coastal waters	North American freshwater bass resembling the larger marine striped bass