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Family Serranidae

TROPICAL EASTERN PACIFIC

Rypticus bicolor

Cabo Pulmo, Baja California, Mexico, 50 feet

MOTTLED SOAPFISH

Inhabits rocky reefs but may be seen resting on sand.  Attains 5 inches.  Baja California to Peru and offshore islands.  Replaced by Rypticus saponaceus in the Tropical Western Atlantic.