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: Gobiidae
Subfamilia: Gobiinae
Genus: Coryphopterus
Species: C. alloides – C. bol – C. curasub – C. dicrus – C. eidolon – C. glaucofraenum – C. gracilis – C. humeralis – C. hyalinus – C. kuna – C. lipernes – C. personatus – C. punctipectophorus – C. thrix – C. tortugae – C. urospilus – C. venezuelae
Name
Coryphopterus Gill, 1863: 262
Type species: Coryphopterus glaucofraenum ♂ Gill 1863. Type by original designation (also monotypic). [Misspelled Coryphogobius by Gill 1863: 263 (footnote).]
References
Gill, T.N. 1863: Descriptions of the gobioid genera of the western coast of temperate North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 15: 262–267.
Baldwin, C.C. , L.A. Weigt, D.G. Smith & J.H. Mounts 2009: Reconciling genetic lineages with species in western Atlantic Coryphopterus (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences, 38: 113–140.
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 Reference page.
Randall, J.E., 2001: Five new Indo-Pacific Gobiid fishes of the genus Coryphopterus. Zoological Studies 40 (3): 206–225. Full article: [1].
Vernacular names
English: Gobies
Coryphopterus is a genus of gobies primarily found in the western Atlantic Ocean, although some species are found in the Indian and/or Pacific oceans.
Species
There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:
Coryphopterus alloides J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1960 (Barfin goby)
Coryphopterus curasub C. C. Baldwin & D. R. Robertson, 2015 (Yellow-spotted sand goby) [1]
Coryphopterus dicrus J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1960 (Colon goby)
Coryphopterus eidolon J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1960 (Pallid goby)
Coryphopterus glaucofraenum T. N. Gill, 1863 (Bridled goby)
Coryphopterus hyalinus J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1962 (Glass goby)
Coryphopterus kuna Victor, 2007
Coryphopterus lipernes J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1962 (Peppermint goby)
Coryphopterus personatus (D. S. Jordan & J. C. Thompson, 1905) (Masked goby)
Coryphopterus punctipectophorus V. G. Springer, 1960 (Spotted goby)
Coryphopterus thrix J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1960 (Bartail goby)
Coryphopterus tortugae (D. S. Jordan, 1904) (Patch-reef goby)
Coryphopterus urospilus Ginsburg, 1938 (Redlight goby)
Coryphopterus venezuelae Cervigón, 1966
References
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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