soapfish

[sohp-fish]

soap·fish

[sohp-fish]
noun, plural (especially collectively) soap·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) soap·fish·es.
any of several serranid fishes of the genus Rypticus, producing a body mucus that gives the skin a soapy quality, as R. saponaceus, inhabiting shallow waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

Origin:
1875–80; soap + fish
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soapfish

noun
fishes with slimy mucus-covered skin; found in the warm Atlantic coastal waters of America 
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