Whitespotted Soapfish

Rypticus maculatus

Classification

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae

Rypticus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, related to the groupers and classified within the family Grammistidae. It is one of several genera of soapfishes. These fish live in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans in tropical and warmer temperate zones.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 43France · 1

Sources and credits

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Whitespotted Soapfish

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