SOAPFISH

soapfish

(noun) fishes with slimy mucus-covered skin; found in the warm Atlantic coastal waters of America

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

soapfish (plural soapfishes or soapfish)

Any of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus

Rypticus spp.

Rypticus bicolor (mottled soapfish)

Rypticus bistrispinus (freckled soapfish)

Rypticus bornoi (largespotted soapfish)

Rypticus carpenteri (slope soapfish)

Rypticus courtenayi (Socorran soapfish)

Rypticus maculatus (whitespotted soapfish)

Rypticus nigripinnis (blackfin soapfish, twice-spotted soapfish)

Rypticus randalli (plain soapfish)

Rypticus saponaceus (greater soapfish, three-spined soapfish, soapy jack)

Rypticus subbifrenatus (spotted soapfish)

Grammistes sexlineatus (golden stripe soapfish, goldenstriped soapfish, six-lined soapfish, skunkfish)

Aulacocephalus temminckii (goldribbon soapfish, goldstripe grouper)

Pogonoperca ocellata (Indian soapfish)

Pogonoperca punctata (leaflip soapfish, spotted soapfish, snowflake soapfish, leaflip grouper)

Diploprion bifasciatum (barred soapfish, two-banded soapfish)

Diploprion drachi (yellowfin soapfish)

A species of lizardfish, (Synodus foetens)

Source: Wiktionary

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Soap"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Any serranoid fish of the genus Rhypticus; -- so called from the soapy feeling of its skin.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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