Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Mottled Soapfish
Rypticus bicolor
Mottled Soapfish
Category: Soapfishes
Scientific Name: Rypticus bicolor
Size: Up to 9 in. (23 cm)  
Depth: 10-225 ft. (3-69 m)
Distribution: Gulf of California, Pacific Coast of Mexico to Peru
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Perciformes (Order)
     └Percoidei (Suborder)
      └Grammistidae (Family) Soapfishes
       └Rypticus (Genus)
        └R. bicolor (Species)
WoRMS ID: 275957🔗
iNaturalist ID: 111903🔗

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