Cocotropus roseus Day, 1875
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Corcotropus roseus is a species of fish within the family Aploactinidae. They are found in the Indian Ocean in the Maldives and along the coast of India at depths less than 100 m (330 ft). The fish is classified as "Least Concern" in terms of conservation needs.
Wikipedia contributors, Cocotropus roseus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:22:39.841640+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cocotropus roseus Day, 1875
- Name authority
- Day, 1875
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Aploactinidae
- Genus
- Cocotropus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderPerciformes
- suborderScorpaenoidei
- familyAploactinidae Jordan & Starks, 1904
- genusCocotropus Kaup, 1858
- speciesCocotropus roseus Day, 1875
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Cocotropus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Cocotropus aurantius Matsunuma, Sado & Motomura, 2021 | AploactinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cocotropus altipinnis Waite, 1903 | AploactinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cocotropus astakhovi Prokofiev, 2010 | AploactinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| roughskin scorpionfishCocotropus monacanthus (Gilchrist, 1906) | AploactinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cocotropus possi Imamura & Shinohara, 2008 | AploactinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Cocotropis roseus Day, 1875 Day, 1875 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Day, F. (1875). The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon. London., Part 1: 1–168, Pls. 1–40. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.62705 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:WP88. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.