{{Short description|Family of marine fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Grammistes sexlineatus1.jpg | image_caption = ''Grammistes sexlineatus'' | image2 = Rypticus saponaceus1.jpg | image2_caption = ''Rypticus saponaceus'' | taxon = Grammistidae | authority = Bleeker, 1857<ref name = VDLEF>{{cite journal | author1 = Richard van der Laan | author2 = William N. Eschmeyer | author3 = Ronald Fricke | name-list-style = amp |year=2014 | title = Family-group names of Recent fishes | url = https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3882.1.1/10480 | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 3882 | issue =2 | pages = 001–230}}</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = See text }} '''Grammistidae''' is a family of percoid fish, commonly known as '''soapfishes''' (a name also used for the Diploprioninae). They are found in tropical oceans around the world.<ref name="Fishbase">{{cite web |date=December 2019 |editor2=Pauly, Daniel |title=Grammistinae |url=https://www.fishbase.se/identification/SpeciesList.php?class=Actinopterygii&order=Perciformes&famcode=289&subfamily=Grammistinae&genus=&areacode=&c_code=&depth=&spines=&fins=&TL=&BD=&resultPage=1&sortby=species |accessdate=25 August 2020 |publisher=Fishbase |editor1=Froese, Rainer}}</ref> They were formerly considered a tribe of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias, groupers and the sea basses,<ref name="Nelson5">{{cite book |author1=J. S. Nelson |url=https://sites.google.com/site/fotw5th/ |title=Fishes of the World |author2=T. C. Grande |author3=M. V. H. Wilson |publisher=Wiley |year=2016 |ISBN=978-1-118-34233-6 |edition=5th |pages=446–448 |access-date=2020-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408194051/https://sites.google.com/site/fotw5th/ |archive-date=2019-04-08 |url-status=dead}}</ref> but are now treated as a distinct family.<ref name=":132">{{Cite web |last=Fricke |first=R. |last2=Eschmeyer |first2=W. N. |last3=Van der Laan |first3=R. |date=2025 |title=ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION |url=https://www.calacademy.org/eschmeyers-catalog-of-fishes-classification |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=California Academy of Sciences |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Near |first=Thomas J. |last2=Thacker |first2=Christine E. |date=2024-04-18 |title=Phylogenetic Classification of Living and Fossil Ray-Finned Fishes (Actinopterygii) |url=https://bioone.org/journals/bulletin-of-the-peabody-museum-of-natural-history/volume-65/issue-1/014.065.0101/Phylogenetic-Classification-of-Living-and-Fossil-Ray-Finned-Fishes-Actinopterygii/10.3374/014.065.0101.full |journal=Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History |volume=65 |issue=1 |doi=10.3374/014.065.0101 |issn=0079-032X|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
==Genera== The following genera are included within the Grammistidae:<ref name="CofF">{{Cof family|family=Grammistidae|access-date=July 29, 2025}}</ref>
* ''Aporops'' <small>Schultz, 1943</small> * ''Grammistes'' <small>Bloch & Schneider, 1801</small> * ''Grammistops'' <small>Schultz 1953</small> * ''Jeboehlkia'' <small>Robins, 1967</small> * ''Pogonoperca'' <small>Günther, 1859</small> * ''Pseudogramma'' <small>Bleeker, 1875</small> * ''Rypticus'' <small>Cuvier, 1829</small> * ''Suttonia'' <small>J.L.B. Smith, 1953</small>
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Category:Percoidei Category:Marine fish families Category:Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker