Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Mottled Soapfish
Mottled Soapfish
Scientific Name: Rypticus bicolor
Order: Perciformes
Family: Grammistidae
Category: Soapfishes
Size: Up to 9 in. (23 cm)  
Depth: 10-225 ft. (3-69 m)
Distribution: Gulf of California, Pacific Coast of Mexico to Peru

Groupers & Seabasses
Soapfishes

Mottled Soapfish

Freckled Soapfish

Greater Soapfish

Spotted Soapfish

Arrowhead Soapfish

Doublebanded Soapfish

Six-Lined Soapfish

Bearded Soapfish



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