> [!summary]- Classification
**Kingdom**:: Animals
**Phylum**:: Chordata
**Subphylum**:: [Vertebrata](Vertebrata.md)
**Superclass**:: Osteichthyes
**Class**:: Actinopterygii
**Subclass**:: Neopterygii
**Superorder**:: Acanthopterygii
**Order**:: Perciformes
**Suborder**:: Percoidei
**Superfamily**::
**Family**:: Serranidae
**Subfamily**::
**Genus**:: Rypticus
**Species**:: R. saponaceus
**Vernacular**:: Greater soapfish
## Photos
*[116 - 2023-03-01 - Sources chaudes - Saint Pierre - Martinique](116%20-%202023-03-01%20-%20Sources%20chaudes%20-%20Saint%20Pierre%20-%20Martinique.md) - To be honest, I thought it was dead or sick, but no, this fish lives hidden on the floor like this, then go out by night to hunt.*
*[113 - 2023-02-28 - La Perle - Saint Pierre - Martinique](113%20-%202023-02-28%20-%20La%20Perle%20-%20Saint%20Pierre%20-%20Martinique.md) - We better see its head here.*
## Notes
It is called "soapfish" because it secrete a dense mucus that makes it very soapy. This mucus is used as a defensive strategy and can kill the fish around.
## References
- https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Rypticus-saponaceus-Savonnette-commune-2604/(rOffset)/16
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rypticus #to-contribute in FR and for species.