Species: Rypticus bornoi, Large-spotted Soapfish
Rypticus bornoi Beebe & Tee-Van, 1928
Large-spotted Soapfish
Body elongate, very compressed; forehead oblique; 2 pairs of nostrils, anterior tubular; lower jaw projecting; rear of top jaw exposed when mouth closed, without accessory bone above it; no knob at front of chin; simple teeth in bands on jaws; gill opening restricted above, most of upper part of operculum bound to body by skin; preopercle and opercle each with 3 spines; 8-12 gill rakers; dorsal fin II (II-III), 24-27; anal fin 0, 16 (14-17); pectoral rays 13-15 (usually 13); median fins thick, fleshy; rounded tail and pectoral fins; scales imbedded.
Pale tan; with head and front half of body with a few large, rounded dark brown spots, those on upper back typically larger than pupil, those behind eye may fuse to form a stripe; a cream stripe along midline from snout to dorsal fin.
Size: to 7.5 cm.
Inhabits reefs.
Depth: 0-70 m.
The Bahamas to the SW Caribbean.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Rocks
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef and soft bottom
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Antilles endemic
- Continent
- Continent + Island (s)
- GC endemic
- Island (s)
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 7.5
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 70
