soapfish

IPA: sˈoʊpfɪʃ

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)

Examples of "soapfish" in Sentences

This soapfish shows a characteristic striped pattern.
As they strolled past the leafy seadragons and the spotted soapfish, she was struck by the question someone in her tour group kept asking the guide: Can you eat that?