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Species: Rypticus maculatus, White-spotted soapfish

dark stripe through eye; back & side- scattered small pale spots

D II, 22-27

pores on lower jaw & preopercle: single, distinct

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Rypticus maculatus Holbrook, 1855

White-spotted soapfish

Body elongate, very compressed; forehead oblique; snout long, 6-9% SL; 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; pores on lower jaw & preopercle singly arranged; 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; 7-9 gill rakers; dorsal fin II-III (II), 22-27; anal fin 0, 13-17; pectoral rays 13-17; median fins thick, fleshy; rounded tail and pectoral fins; scales imbedded.

Body & upper head mid brown, pale along top of snout and nape; a dark brown stripe from mouth, through eye to top corner of operculum; scattered irregular whitish spots along back and sides; median fins pale.

Size: to 24 cm.

Inhabits rocky and coral reefs, jetties, oil platforms.

Depth: 3-100 m.

North Carolina to the S Gulf of Mexico.

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Salinity

Marine
Marine Only

Inshore/Offshore

Inshore Only
Inshore

Water Column Position

Bottom

Habitat

Reef only
Rocks
Corals
Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)

FishBase Habitat

Reef Associated

Feeding Group

Data
Carnivore

Diet

Data
Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
Bony fishes

Egg Type

Data
Pelagic
Pelagic larva

Global Endemism

West Atlantic Endemic
All species.
Greater Caribbean endemic

Regional Endemism

GC endemic
Extends North of GC
All species..
Continent
Continent only

Residency

Resident

Climate Zone

Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)

IUCN Red List

Least concern
Listed

CITES

Not listed

Length Max

24

Depth Range Min

3

Depth Range Max

100

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Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean online information system: Species Data Report

Fri 28th Apr, 2023 09:40 am

Species - Rypticus maculatus

Habitat

Salinity

Marine

Marine Only

Inshore/Offshore

Inshore Only

Inshore

Water Column Position

Bottom

Habitat

Reef only

Rocks

Corals

Reef (rock/coral/oyster)

Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)

FishBase Habitat

Reef Associated

Feeding

Feeding Group

Data

Carnivore

Diet

Data

Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)

Bony fishes

Reproduction

Egg Type

Data

Pelagic

Pelagic larva

Zoogeography

Global Endemism

West Atlantic Endemic

All species.

Greater Caribbean endemic

Regional Endemism

GC endemic

Extends North of GC

All species..

Continent

Continent only

Residency

Resident

Climate Zone

Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)

Conservation status

IUCN Red List

Least concern

Listed

CITES

Not listed

Size

Length Max

24

Depth

Depth Range Min

3

Depth Range Max

100

Range

Note: range polygons may be inaccurate for species known only from a few, widely scattered sites

Based on paint data

Latitude Limit N

Latitude Limit S

Longitude Limit W

Longitude Limit E

Latitudinal Range (N limit – S limit)

0

Longitudinal Range (W limit – E limit)

0

Range Midpoint (lat/long)

0, 0

Range Polygon Area: Km²

0 sq km

Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long)

-1, -1

Based on point data

Sampling-Point Count :

460

Range Polygon Area: Km²:

2,952,082 sq km

Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long):

25.23425,-88.225

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