Rypticus subbifrenatus Spotted soapfish

Rypticus subbifrenatus is commonly referred to as Spotted soapfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Solo per acquariofili esperti. A aquarium size of at least 2000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

7025 

AphiaID:

275964 

Scientific:

Rypticus subbifrenatus 

German:

Gepunkteter Seifenbarsch 

English:

Spotted Soapfish 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Rypticus (Genus) > subbifrenatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Gill, 1861 

Occurrence:

Gambia, Barbados, Benin, Ghana, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Austral Islands, Belize, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Cameroon, Columbia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East-Atlantic Ocean, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Liberia, Martinique, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin / Sint Maarten, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, São Tomé e Principé, Senegal, Sierra Leone, The Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, The Gulf of Guinea, the Ivory Coast, the Netherlands Antilles, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

1 - 26 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral rubble substrate, Patch Reefs, Reef crevices, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 7.09" (18 cm) 

Temperature:

25,5 °F - 28,2 °F (25,5°C - 28,2°C) 

Food:

Brine Shrimps, Frozen Food (large sort), Mysis, omnivore, Pellets, Predatory 

Tank:

439.96 gal (~ 2000L)  

Difficulty:

Solo per acquariofili esperti 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Rypticus bicolor
• 
  Rypticus bistrispinus
  Seifenbarsch
• Rypticus bornoi
• Rypticus carpenteri
• Rypticus courtenayi
• Rypticus maculatus
• Rypticus nigripinnis
• 
  Rypticus randalli
  Randall´s Seifenbarsch
• 
  Rypticus saponaceus
  Dreistacheliger Seifenbarsch
• 
  Rypticus subbifrenatus
  Gepunkteter Seifenbarsch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-04-16 08:59:56 

Last edit:

2026-02-12 18:17:56 

tossico

This is a general hint!
Rypticus subbifrenatus has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Rypticus subbifrenatus in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Rypticus subbifrenatus. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

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