Coryogalops Explained

Coryogalops is a genus of gobies native to the southeastern Atlantic Ocean and the western Indian Ocean along the coasts of Africa and Asia from South Africa to Pakistan.

Species

There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:

• Coryogalops adamsoni (Goren, 1985) (Adamson's goby)
• Coryogalops anomolus J. L. B. Smith, 1958 (Anomalous goby)
• Coryogalops bretti Goren, 1991
• Coryogalops bulejiensis (Hoda, 1983) (Thin-barred goby)
• Coryogalops guttatus Kovačić & Bogorodsky, 2014 ^[1]
• Coryogalops monospilus J. E. Randall, 1994 (One-spot goby)
• Coryogalops nanus Kovačić & Bogorodsky, 2016 ^[2]
• Coryogalops ocheticus (Norman, 1927)
• Coryogalops pseudomonospilus Kovačić & Bogorodsky, 2014 ^[1]
• Coryogalops sordidus (J. L. B. Smith, 1959) (Epaulette goby)
• Coryogalops tessellatus J. E. Randall, 1994
• Coryogalops william (J. L. B. Smith, 1948) (Kaalpens goby)

Notes and References

1. Kovačić, M., Bogorodsky, S.V. & Mal, A.O. (2014): Two new species of Coryogalops (Perciformes: Gobiidae) from the Red Sea. Zootaxa, 3881 (6): 513–531.
2. Kovačić, M., Bogorodsky, S.V. & Mal, A.O. (2016): A new species of Coryogalops (Perciformes: Gobiidae) and the first adult record of Feia nympha from the Red Sea. Zootaxa, 4097 (3): 341–352.