Cocotropus

Cocotropus is a genus of velvetfishes native to the Indian and western Pacific oceans.[1]

Cocotropus
(C. roseus)
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Cocotropus

Kaup, 1858
Type species
Corythobatus echinatus
Cantor, 1849
Synonyms
  • Insopiscis Whitley, 1933

Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Cocotropus altipinnis Waite, 1903 (Highfin velvetfish)
  • Cocotropus astakhovi Prokofiev, 2010
  • Cocotropus dermacanthus (Bleeker, 1852)
  • Cocotropus echinatus (Cantor, 1849)
  • Cocotropus eksae Prokofiev, 2010
  • Cocotropus izuensis Imamura, Aizawa & G. Shinohara, 2010
  • Cocotropus keramaensis Imamura & G. Shinohara, 2003
  • Cocotropus larvatus Poss & G. R. Allen, 1987 (Ghost velvetfish)
  • Cocotropus masudai Matsubara, 1943
  • Cocotropus microps J. W. Johnson, 2004 (Patchwork velvetfish)
  • Cocotropus monacanthus (Gilchrist, 1906) (Roughskin scorpionfish)
  • Cocotropus possi Imamura & G. Shinohara, 2008
  • Cocotropus richeri R. Fricke, 2004
  • Cocotropus roseomaculatus Imamura & G. Shinohara, 2004
  • Cocotropus roseus F. Day, 1875
  • Cocotropus steinitzi Eschmeyer & Dor, 1978

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Cocotropus in FishBase. December 2012 version.


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