Found in warm American Atlantic coastal waters

• Fishes with slimy mucus-covered skin

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of several serranoid fish, of the genus (taxlink Rhypticus genus noshow=1), that have a slimy mucus-covered skin.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. fishes with slimy mucus-covered skin; found in the warm Atlantic coastal waters of America

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Soapfish \Soap"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any serranoid fish of the genus Rhypticus ; -- so called from the soapy feeling of its skin.