Rypticus nigripinnis Gill, 1861 .

Blackfin Soapfish or Twice-spotted Soapfish. To 35 cm (13.8 in) TL (Amezcua Linares 1996). Bahía Santa Maria, southern Baja California (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California) and throughout Gulf of California to Puerto Pizarro, Peru (Chirichigno and Vélez 1998) and Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997). Depth: intertidal to 70 m (230 ft) (Thomson and Lehner 1976; max. Robertson and Allen 2002).