Cocotropus
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(C. roseus) | |
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Genus: | Cocotropus Kaup, 1858
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Corythobatus echinatus Cantor, 1849
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Cocotropus is a genus of velvetfishes native to the Indian and western Pacific oceans.[1]
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
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Cocotropus". FishBase. December 2012 version.