Socorro soapfish
Rypticus courtenayi McCarthy, 1979
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.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Rypticus courtenayi McCarthy, 1979
- Name authority
- McCarthy, 1979
- Common name
- Socorro 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 courtenayi McCarthy, 1979
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 |
| freckled soapfishRypticus bistrispinus (Mitchill, 1818) | GrammistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| twice-spotted soapfishRypticus nigripinnis Gill, 1861 | GrammistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spotted soapfishRypticus subbifrenatus Gill, 1861 | GrammistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.
- McCarthy, L. V. (1979). Eastern Pacific Rypticus (Pisces: Grammistidae). Copeia 1979(3):393-400. https://doi.org/10.2307/1443213 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
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:78YVM. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.