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Definition of Rypticus
1. Noun. A genus of fish of the family Serranidae, including soapfishes.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Serranidae, Serranidae
Member holonyms: Soapfish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rypticus
Literary usage of Rypticus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"... (rypticus) the supplemental maxillary appears again, but in these forms the
dorsal fin is reduced to two or three spines and there is none in ..."
2. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"... but in these forms the dorsal fin is reduced to two or three spines and there
are none in the anal. rypticus ..."
3. A Check-list of the Fishes and Fishlike Vertebrates of North and Middle America by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1896)
"rypticus xanti Gill. Pacific Coast of Mexico, from Cape San Lucas to Colima and
... recorded from Jamaica, Trinity, Barbados, and St. Thomas. rypticus ..."
4. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1915)
"The scales of rypticus are so entirely different from those of the ... Scales of
rypticus nigripinnis are minute, about 1.3 mm. long and .4 broad; ..."
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