Coryphopterus

Coryphopterus
Coryphopterus thrix
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Gobiiformes
Family:Gobiidae
Subfamily:Gobiinae
Genus:Coryphopterus
T. N. Gill, 1863
Type species
Coryphopterus glaucofraenum
T. N. Gill, 1863

Coryphopterus is a genus of gobies mostly found in the western Atlantic Ocean though a couple species are found in the Indian and/or Pacific oceans.

Species

There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. Baldwin, C.C. & Robertson, D.R. (2015). "A new, mesophotic Coryphopterus goby (Teleostei, Gobiidae) from the southern Caribbean, with comments on relationships and depth distributions within the genus". ZooKeys. 513: 123–142. doi:10.3897/zookeys.513.9998. PMC 4524281. PMID 26257572.


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