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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Gobiaria
Ordo: Gobiiformes
Subordo: Gobioidei

Familia: Oxudercidae
Subfamilia: Sicydiinae
Genus: Cotylopus
Species: C. acutipinnis – C. rubripinnis
Name

Cotylopus Guichenot, 1863: 9

Type species: Cotylopus acutipinnis ♂ Guichenot, 1863. Type by subsequent designation. Type apparently first designated by Bleeker, 1874: 313
References

Guichenot, A. 1863: Faune ichthyologique. In: L. Maillard, Notes sur l'ile de la Réunion (Bourbon). Paris. 2nd Partie, Annexe C.: C1-C32.
Keith, P. , G. Marquet & M. Pouilly 2009: Stiphodon mele n. sp., a new species of freshwater goby from Vanuatu and New Caledonia (Teleostei, Sicydiinae), and comments about amphidromy and regional dispersion. Zoosystema. Publications Scientific du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, 31(3): 471–483.

Vernacular names
English: Gobies

Cotylopus is a genus of gobies native to streams and rivers in Mauritius, Réunion, Mayotte, and Anjouan in the Comoros, which are all islands in the Western Indian Ocean off Africa.
Species

The recognized species in this genus are:[1]

Cotylopus acutipinnis Guichenot, 1863
Cotylopus rubripinnis Keith, Hoareau & P. Bosc, 2005

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Cotylopus in FishBase. June 2013 version.

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