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 Gobies of the Genus Coryphopterus 

By Bob Fenner

Coryphopterus glaucofraenum

Genus Coryphopterus: Twenty three species. 

Coryphopterus dicrus Bohlke & Robins 1960, the Colon Goby. Tropical West Atlantic; Florida to Venezuela. To two inches in length. In the Bahamas. Characterized by two prominent dots ahead of the pectoral fins. http://fishbase.org/Summary/species
Summary.php?ID=3842&genusname=Coryphopterus&species name=dicrus

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Coryphopterus duospilus (Hoese & Reader, 1985).

Coryphopterus eidolon Bohlke & Robins 1960, the Pallid Goby. Western Atlantic; Florida to the Lower Antilles. Yellow stripe extends from behind eye. To two and a quarter inches in length. One in the Bahamas, another in Grand Turk.  http://fishbase.org/Summary/species
Summary.php?ID=3843&
genusname=Coryphopterus&species name=eidolon


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Coryphopterus glaucofraenum Gill 1863, the Bridled Goby. Western Atlantic; N. Carolina to Brazil. To three inches in length.  One photographed in the Bahamas. another in Bonaire.  http://fishbase.org/Summary/species
Summary.php?ID=28076&genusname=Coryphopterus&species name=venezuelae


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Coryphopterus inframaculatus Randall 1994, the Blotched Goby. To 3 in. Indonesia to GBR, N. to Guam and Taiwan. Raja Ampat photo.

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Coryphopterus lipernes Bohlke & Robins 1962, the Peppermint Goby. Western Atlantic; Bahamas to the Lower Antilles, Caribbean coast. To one and a quarter inch in length. Bahamas, Cozumel and Bonaire pix. http://fishbase.org/Summary/species
Summary.php?ID=3846&genusname=
Coryphopterus&species name=lipernes

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Coryphopterus nicholsii, (Bean 1882), the Blackeye Goby. Northeastern Pacific: Wales I., northern British Columbia, Canada to Punta Rompiente, central Baja California, Mexico. To 15cm - almost six inches - in length. Pictures taken off the San Diego coast. http://fishbase.org/Summary/species
Summary.php?ID=3847&genusname=
Rhinogobiops&species name=nicholsii


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Coryphopterus personatus, (Jordan & Thompson 1905), the Masked Goby. To 4 cm. Western Atlantic; Florida to Lower Antilles. Bonaire and Jamaica pix, where this species is ubiquitous on the coral reefs. http://fishbase.org/Summary/species
Summary.php?ID=3848&genusname=
Coryphopterus&species name=personatus


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Coryphopterus urospilus, Ginsburg 1938, the Redlight Goby. To 6.5 cm. Eastern Central Pacific: Baja California, Mexico to the Galapagos Islands. Galapagos image. http://fishbase.org/Summary/species
Summary.php?ID=25534&genusname=
Coryphopterus&species name=urospilus

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Coryphopterus sp. Hawaiian Sand Goby. According to Randall, formerly misidentified as Fusigobius neophytus (Gunther 1877). Here in shallow sand on the Big Island.


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