''Cotylopus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

gobies Gobiidae or gobies is a family of bony fish in the order Gobiiformes, one of the largest fish families comprising more than 2,000 species in more than 200 genera. Most of gobiid fish are relatively small, typically less than in length, and the ...

native to streams and rivers in

Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label= Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It ...

, Réunion,

Mayotte Mayotte (; french: Mayotte, ; Shimaore: ''Maore'', ; Kibushi: ''Maori'', ), officially the Department of Mayotte (french: Département de Mayotte), is an overseas department and region and single territorial collectivity of France. It is loca ...

, and

Anjouan Anjouan (; also known as Ndzuwani or Nzwani, and historically as Johanna or Hinzuan) is an autonomous high island in the Indian Ocean that forms part of the Union of the Comoros. Its chief town is Mutsamudu and, , its population is around 277,500. ...

in the Comoros, which are all islands in the Western Indian Ocean off Africa.

Species

The recognized species in this genus are: * ''

Cotylopus acutipinnis ''Cotylopus'' is a genus of gobies native to streams and rivers in Mauritius, Réunion, Mayotte, and Anjouan in the Comoros, which are all islands in the Western Indian Ocean off Africa. Species The recognized species in this genus are: * ''Cot ...

'' Guichenot, 1863 * '' Cotylopus rubripinnis''

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, Hoareau & P. Bosc, 2005

References

Sicydiinae Freshwater fish of Africa Fish of the Comoros Fauna of Mauritius Fauna of Mayotte Vertebrates of Réunion Taxa named by Alphonse Guichenot {{Gobiiformes-stub