{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Coryphopterus thrix - pone.0010676.g168.png | image_caption = ''Coryphopterus thrix'' | taxon = Coryphopterus | authority = T. N. Gill, 1863 | type_species = ''Coryphopterus glaucofraenum'' | type_species_authority = T. N. Gill, 1863 }}
'''''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'' <small>J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1960</small> (Barfin goby) * ''Coryphopterus curasub'' <small>C. C. Baldwin & D. R. Robertson, 2015</small> (Yellow-spotted sand goby) <ref name=Baldwin2015>{{cite journal | author = Baldwin, C.C. | author2 = Robertson, D.R. | name-list-style = amp | year = 2015 | title = A new, mesophotic ''Coryphopterus'' goby (Teleostei, Gobiidae) from the southern Caribbean, with comments on relationships and depth distributions within the genus | journal = ZooKeys | issue = 513 | pages = 123–142 | url = https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=5693 | doi=10.3897/zookeys.513.9998 | pmid=26257572 | pmc=4524281| bibcode = 2015ZooK..513..123B | doi-access = free }}</ref> * ''Coryphopterus dicrus'' <small>J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1960</small> (Colon goby) * ''Coryphopterus eidolon'' <small>J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1960</small> (Pallid goby) * ''Coryphopterus glaucofraenum'' <small>T. N. Gill, 1863</small> (Bridled goby) * ''Coryphopterus hyalinus'' <small>J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1962</small> (Glass goby) * ''Coryphopterus kuna'' <small>Victor, 2007</small> * ''Coryphopterus lipernes'' <small>J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1962</small> (Peppermint goby) * ''Coryphopterus personatus'' <small>(D. S. Jordan & J. C. Thompson, 1905)</small> (Masked goby) * ''Coryphopterus punctipectophorus'' <small>V. G. Springer, 1960</small> (Spotted goby) * ''Coryphopterus thrix'' <small>J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1960</small> (Bartail goby) * ''Coryphopterus tortugae'' <small>(D. S. Jordan, 1904)</small> (Patch-reef goby) * ''Coryphopterus urospilus'' <small>Ginsburg, 1938</small> (Redlight goby) * ''Coryphopterus venezuelae'' <small>Cervigón, 1966</small>
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Category:Gobiidae Category:Taxa named by Theodore Gill Category:Marine fish genera
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