Rypticus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Percoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Perciformes Subordo: Percoidei Superfamilia: Percoidea

Familia: Serranidae
Subfamilia: Grammistinae
Genus: Rypticus
Species: R. bicolor – R. bistrispinus – R. bornoi – R. carpenteri – R. courtenayi – R. maculatus – R. nigripinnis – R. randalli – R. saponaceus – R. subbifrenatus

Name

Rypticus Cuvier, 1829: 144

Type species: Anthias saponaceus ♂ Bloch & Schneider, 1801. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Desmarest, 1856: 206

Synonyms

• Eleutheractis Cope, 1871: 467
• Promicropterus Gill, 1861: 31
• Smecticus Valenciennes, 1855: 305

References

• Cuvier, G. 1829: Le Règne Animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Edition 2. 2: i-xv + 1-406.
• Guimarães, R.Z.P. 1999: Revision, phylogeny and comments on biogeography of soapfishes of the genus Rypticus (Teleostei: Serranidae). Bulletin of Marine Science, 65(2): 337–379.
• Rypticus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Rypticus species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Soapfishes