genus Rypticus


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Noun1.genus Rypticus - a genus of fish of the family Serranidae, including soapfishes
Rypticus
fish genus - any of various genus of fish
family Serranidae, Serranidae - marine fishes: sea basses; sea perches; groupers; jewfish
soapfish - fishes with slimy mucus-covered skin; found in the warm Atlantic coastal waters of America
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Revision, phylogeny and comments on biogeography of soapfishes of the genus Rypticus (Teleostei: Serranidae).
Fishes of Bermuda
In a large paper on the food habits of West Indian reef fishes, Randall (1967) reported that no soapfishes of the genus Rypticus were found in the stomachs of piscivorous fishes.
Notes on soapfishes (Serranidae: Grammistinae), with a pictorial review of the genus Pogonoperca

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