Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean online information system

Español  Contact

Species: Rypticus bornoi, Large-spotted Soapfish

All Families:   All Genera:   All Species:

pale; front - few large round dark spots
D II, 24-27

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.


High Resolution Map Download

Species Data Create Report Export as Word File Export as Excel File
Salinity
  • Marine
  • Marine Only
Inshore/Offshore
  • Inshore
  • Inshore Only
Water Column Position
  • Bottom
Habitat
  • 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
  • Reef Associated
Feeding Group
  • Carnivore
  • Data
Diet
  • Data
  • Bony fishes
  • Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
Egg Type
  • Data
  • Pelagic
  • Pelagic larva
Global Endemism
  • All species
  • Greater Caribbean endemic
  • West Atlantic Endemic
Regional Endemism
  • Antilles endemic
  • Continent
  • Continent + Island (s)
  • GC endemic
  • Island (s)
  • All species
Residency
  • Resident
Climate Zone
  • Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
  • Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
  • Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
IUCN Red List
  • Least concern
  • Listed
CITES
  • Not listed
Length Max
  • 7.5
Depth Range Min
  • 0
Depth Range Max
  • 70