Definition of Rypticus

1. Noun. A genus of fish of the family Serranidae, including soapfishes.

Exact synonyms: Genus Rypticus
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Serranidae, Serranidae
Member holonyms: Soapfish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rypticus

Ryann
Ryazan
Rydberg
Rydberg's penstemon
Rydberg atom
Rydberg atoms
Rydberg constant
Rydberg molecule
Ryder
Rylan
Ryle's tube
Rylee
Rynchopidae
Rynchops
Rypticus
Ryukyu
Ryukyu Islands
Ryukyuan
Ryukyuans
Rzhevsky
Rœulx
Réaumur
Réunion
Rígsþula
Río San Juan
S
S&A
S&H
S&L

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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