Class: Actinopterygii / Ray-finned fishes
Order: Perciformes / Perch-like fishes
Family: Serranidae / Sea basses (Groupers)
Genus Species: Rypticus saponaceus
/ Greater Soapfish
Habitat: bottoms or ledges of coral heads
Typical food: small fishes (especially cardinals)
Other information: reclusive; solitary; inactive;
night feeder; named from
the soap-like toxic mucus they secrete
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