Florent's Guide To The

Eastern Pacific 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)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Actinopteri (Superclass)
    └Teleostei (Class)
     └Perciformes (Order)
      └Percoidei (Suborder)
       └Grammistidae (Family)
        └Rypticus (Genus)
         └R. bicolor (Species)

Groupers & Seabasses
Soapfishes

Mottled Soapfish



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