Whitespotted soapfish (Rypticus maculatus)

Scientific name: Rypticus maculatus Holbrook, 1855

Whitespotted soapfish (Rypticus maculatus)

The Whitespotted soapfish (Rypticus maculatus) is a marine fish of the family Serranidae. Native range: Western Atlantic, North Carolina (straggling to Rhode Island) to southern Florida in USA and eastern Gulf of Mexico.

Species facts

Scientific name
Rypticus maculatus
Family
Serranidae (Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
20.0
Environment
Marine; demersal
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Western Atlantic: North Carolina (straggling to Rhode Island) to southern Florida in USA and eastern Gulf of Mexico.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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