FB-66496 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66496 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Siluriformes Sisoridae Glyptothorax Glyptothorax lanceatus Ng, Jiang & Chen, 2012 Slope soapfish Rypticus subbifrenatus (non, Gill, 1861) 2012-03-29 2012-03-29 Smith, C.L.0 National Audubon Society field guide to tropical marine fishes of the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. 720 p. (Ref. 26938) Baldwin, C.C. and L.A. Weigt0 A new species of soapfish (Teleostei: Serranidae: Rypticus), with redescription of R. subbifrenatus and comments on the use of DNA barcoding in systematic studies. Copeia 2012(1):23-36. (Ref. 89885) Williams, J.T., K.E. Carpenter, J.L. Van Tassell, P. Hoetjes, W. Toller, P. Etnoyer and M. Smith0 Biodiversity assessment of the fishes of Saba Bank Atoll, Netherlands Antilles. PLoS ONE 5(5):e10676 (Ref. 89890) Kells, V. and K. Carpenter0 A field guide to coastal fishes from Maine to Texas. The Johnson Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland. (Ref. 89891) FAO-FIES0 Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en (accessed 08/06/2017). (Ref. 115257) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) FB-GeneralDescr-66505 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2012-04-13 00:00:00 2024-01-15 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66505 Inhabits clear tropical, mean maximum depth of collected specimens was 17 m, only 6 specimens were collected at depths less than 5 m. This species lives among coral or rocks on steep slopes, vertical walls, or in other areas with large vertical relief, however, a few specimens have been taken among coral heads in shallow flat areas (Ref. 89885). Baldwin, C.C. and L.A. Weigt 2012 A new species of soapfish (Teleostei: Serranidae: Rypticus), with redescription of R. subbifrenatus and comments on the use of DNA barcoding in systematic studies. Copeia 2012(1):23-36. (Ref. 89885) FB-DiagnosticDescr-66505 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2012-04-13 00:00:00 2012-04-13 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66505 This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following unique set of characters: pectoral fin and distal portions of soft dorsal, caudal, and anal fins are pale yellow to yellow in life, pale in preservative; numerous dark spots on head and trunk, size of spots variable but those on head posterior to horizontal through center of orbit almost always smaller than pupil; interorbital region usually with 2 dark spots at posterior end, spots set slightly apart from orbital rim; belly with dark spots; caudal fin and sometimes soft dorsal and anal fins often with at least a few, sometimes tiny, dark spots; dorsal-fin spines 3 or 4 (almost always 4); total dorsal-fin elements modally 25; pectoral-fin rays modally 15; total caudal-fin rays modally 23; lower jaw extending anteriorly beyond upper jaw, mean difference between distance from tip of lower jaw to orbit and tip of upper jaw to orbit 5% head length (HL); relatively narrow caudal peduncle, average depth 11% SL (Ref. 89885). Baldwin, C.C. and L.A. Weigt 2012 A new species of soapfish (Teleostei: Serranidae: Rypticus), with redescription of R. subbifrenatus and comments on the use of DNA barcoding in systematic studies. Copeia 2012(1):23-36. (Ref. 89885) FB-Morphology-66505 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2012-04-13 00:00:00 2012-04-13 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66505 Dorsal spines (total): 3 - 4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 24 - 26; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 13 - 15 Baldwin, C.C. and L.A. Weigt 2012 A new species of soapfish (Teleostei: Serranidae: Rypticus), with redescription of R. subbifrenatus and comments on the use of DNA barcoding in systematic studies. Copeia 2012(1):23-36. (Ref. 89885) FB-Distribution-66505 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2012-04-13 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66505 Western Central Atlantic: Caribbean. Baldwin, C.C. and L.A. Weigt 2012 A new species of soapfish (Teleostei: Serranidae: Rypticus), with redescription of R. subbifrenatus and comments on the use of DNA barcoding in systematic studies. Copeia 2012(1):23-36. (Ref. 89885) FB-Uses-66505 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2012-04-13 00:00:00 2024-01-15 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66505 fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-66505 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2012-04-13 00:00:00 2024-01-15 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66505 8.6 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 89885)) Baldwin, C.C. and L.A. Weigt 2012 A new species of soapfish (Teleostei: Serranidae: Rypticus), with redescription of R. subbifrenatus and comments on the use of DNA barcoding in systematic studies. Copeia 2012(1):23-36. (Ref. 89885) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-66505 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2012-04-13 00:00:00 2024-01-15 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66505 reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 40 m (Ref. 89885), usually 6 - 30 m (Ref. 89885) Baldwin, C.C. and L.A. Weigt 2012 A new species of soapfish (Teleostei: Serranidae: Rypticus), with redescription of R. subbifrenatus and comments on the use of DNA barcoding in systematic studies. Copeia 2012(1):23-36. (Ref. 89885) Baldwin, C.C. and L.A. Weigt 2012 A new species of soapfish (Teleostei: Serranidae: Rypticus), with redescription of R. subbifrenatus and comments on the use of DNA barcoding in systematic studies. Copeia 2012(1):23-36. (Ref. 89885)