Home › Words › S › soapfishsoapfishsoapfish means any of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus; Rypticus spp.; Rypticus bicolor (mottled soapfish).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, soapfish ranks #12,995 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom soap + fish.nounAny of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus; Rypticus spp.; Rypticus bicolor (mottled soapfish)Any of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus; Rypticus spp.; Rypticus bistrispinus (freckled soapfish)Any of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus; Rypticus spp.; Rypticus bornoi (largespotted soapfish)Any of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus; Rypticus spp.; Rypticus carpenteri (slope soapfish)Any of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus; Rypticus spp.; Rypticus courtenayi (Socorran soapfish)Any of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus; Rypticus spp.; Rypticus maculatus (whitespotted soapfish)Any of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus; Rypticus spp.; Rypticus nigripinnis (blackfin soapfish, twice-spotted soapfish)Any of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus; Rypticus spp.; Rypticus randalli (plain soapfish)Any of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus; Rypticus spp.; Rypticus saponaceus (greater soapfish, three-spined soapfish, soapy jack)Any of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus; Rypticus spp.; Rypticus subbifrenatus (spotted soapfish)Any of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus; Grammistes sexlineatus (golden stripe soapfish, goldenstriped soapfish, six-lined soapfish, skunkfishAny of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus; Aulacocephalus temminckii (goldribbon soapfish, goldstripe grouper)Any of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus; Pogonoperca ocellata (Indian soapfish)Any of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus; Pogonoperca punctata (leaflip soapfish, spotted soapfish, snowflake soapfish, leaflip grouper)Any of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus; Diploprion bifasciatum (barred soapfish, two-banded soapfish)Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).