# Coryphopterus

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox 
| image = Coryphopterus thrix - pone.0010676.g168.png
| image_caption = ''[Coryphopterus thrix](/source/Coryphopterus_thrix)''
| taxon = Coryphopterus
| authority = [T. N. Gill](/source/Theodore_Nicholas_Gill), 1863
| type_species = ''Coryphopterus glaucofraenum''
| type_species_authority = T. N. Gill, 1863
}}

'''''Coryphopterus''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [gobies](/source/gobies) primarily found in the western [Atlantic Ocean](/source/Atlantic_Ocean), although some species are found in the [Indian](/source/Indian_Ocean) and/or [Pacific](/source/Pacific) oceans.

==Species==
There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:
* ''[Coryphopterus alloides](/source/Coryphopterus_alloides)'' <small>[J. E. Böhlke](/source/James_Erwin_B%C3%B6hlke) & [C. R. Robins](/source/Charles_Richard_Robins), 1960</small> (Barfin goby)
* ''[Coryphopterus curasub](/source/Coryphopterus_curasub)'' <small>[C. C. Baldwin](/source/Carole_C._Baldwin) & [D. R. Robertson](/source/David_Ross_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](/source/Coryphopterus_dicrus)'' <small>[J. E. Böhlke](/source/James_Erwin_B%C3%B6hlke) & [C. R. Robins](/source/Charles_Richard_Robins), 1960</small> (Colon goby)
* ''[Coryphopterus eidolon](/source/Coryphopterus_eidolon)'' <small>[J. E. Böhlke](/source/James_Erwin_B%C3%B6hlke) & [C. R. Robins](/source/Charles_Richard_Robins), 1960</small> (Pallid goby)
* ''[Coryphopterus glaucofraenum](/source/Coryphopterus_glaucofraenum)'' <small>[T. N. Gill](/source/Theodore_Nicholas_Gill), 1863</small> (Bridled goby)
* ''[Coryphopterus hyalinus](/source/Coryphopterus_hyalinus)'' <small>[J. E. Böhlke](/source/James_Erwin_B%C3%B6hlke) & [C. R. Robins](/source/Charles_Richard_Robins), 1962</small> (Glass goby)
* ''[Coryphopterus kuna](/source/Coryphopterus_kuna)'' <small>[Victor](/source/Benjamin_C._Victor), 2007</small>
* ''[Coryphopterus lipernes](/source/Coryphopterus_lipernes)'' <small>[J. E. Böhlke](/source/James_Erwin_B%C3%B6hlke) & [C. R. Robins](/source/Charles_Richard_Robins), 1962</small> (Peppermint goby)
* ''[Coryphopterus personatus](/source/Coryphopterus_personatus)'' <small>([D. S. Jordan](/source/David_Starr_Jordan) & [J. C. Thompson](/source/Joseph_Cheesman_Thompson), 1905)</small> (Masked goby)
* ''[Coryphopterus punctipectophorus](/source/Coryphopterus_punctipectophorus)'' <small>[V. G. Springer](/source/Victor_Gruschka_Springer), 1960</small> (Spotted goby)
* ''[Coryphopterus thrix](/source/Coryphopterus_thrix)'' <small>[J. E. Böhlke](/source/James_Erwin_B%C3%B6hlke) & [C. R. Robins](/source/Charles_Richard_Robins), 1960</small> (Bartail goby)
* ''[Coryphopterus tortugae](/source/Coryphopterus_tortugae)'' <small>([D. S. Jordan](/source/David_Starr_Jordan), 1904)</small> (Patch-reef goby)
* ''[Coryphopterus urospilus](/source/Coryphopterus_urospilus)'' <small>[Ginsburg](/source/Isaac_Ginsburg), 1938</small> (Redlight goby)
* ''[Coryphopterus venezuelae](/source/Coryphopterus_venezuelae)'' <small>[Cervigón](/source/Fernando_Cervig%C3%B3n), 1966</small>

==References==
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Category:Gobiidae
Category:Taxa named by Theodore Gill
Category:Marine fish genera

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