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Cocotropus
Cocotropus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, velvetfishes belonging to the family Aploactinidae. The genus is found in the Indian and western Pacific oceans.
17 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 17 known species

Cocotropus larvatus
speciesCocotropus larvatus

Patchwork Velvetfish
speciesCocotropus microps

Cocotropus steinitzi
speciesCocotropus steinitzi

Cocotropus roseus
speciesCocotropus roseus
Cocotropus altipinnis
speciesCocotropus altipinnis
Cocotropus astakhovi
speciesCocotropus astakhovi
Cocotropus dermacanthus
speciesCocotropus dermacanthus
Cocotropus echinatus
speciesCocotropus echinatus
Cocotropus eksae
speciesCocotropus eksae
Cocotropus izuensis
speciesCocotropus izuensis
Cocotropus keramaensis
speciesCocotropus keramaensis
Cocotropus masudai
speciesCocotropus masudai
Cocotropus possi
speciesCocotropus possi
Cocotropus richeri
speciesCocotropus richeri
Cocotropus aurantius
speciesCocotropus aurantius
Roughskin Velvetfish
speciesCocotropus monacanthus
Rose-Spotted Velvetfish
speciesCocotropus roseomaculatus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 87554.