freckled soapfish
Rypticus bistrispinus (Mitchill, 1818)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Rypticus bistrispinus
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Open encyclopedia reference
Rypticus bistrispinus, also known as the freckled soapfish, is a species of soapfish native to the western Atlantic Ocean. Like other soapfishes, it has glands in its skin that are able to produce an irritating, mildly toxic slime.
Wikipedia contributors, Rypticus bistrispinus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:39:07.542005+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Rypticus bistrispinus (Mitchill, 1818)
- Name authority
- (Mitchill, 1818)
- Common name
- freckled soapfish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Grammistidae
- Genus
- Rypticus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderPerciformes
- suborderPercoidei
- familyGrammistidae Bleeker, 1857
- genusRypticus Cuvier, 1829
- speciesRypticus bistrispinus (Mitchill, 1818)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Rypticus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Rypticus randalli Courtenay, 1967 | GrammistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| mottled soapfishRypticus bicolor Valenciennes, 1846 | GrammistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rypticus carpenteri Baldwin & Weigt, 2012 | GrammistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| greater soapfishRypticus saponaceus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | GrammistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| twice-spotted soapfishRypticus nigripinnis Gill, 1861 | GrammistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Socorro soapfishRypticus courtenayi McCarthy, 1979 | GrammistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spotted soapfishRypticus subbifrenatus Gill, 1861 | GrammistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Rypticus histrispinus (Mitchill, 1818) (Mitchill, 1818) | synonym |
| Bodianus bistrispinus Mitchill, 1818 Mitchill, 1818 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275958 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:78YVJ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.