Coryphopterus venezuelae Cervigón, 1966
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
Coryphopterus venezuelae is a species of goby found in the western Atlantic Ocean from Belize to Panama, the north coast of South America, Curaçao, Venezuela. It is also found in the Bahamas, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Saba, and Brazil.
Wikipedia contributors, Coryphopterus venezuelae; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:25:20.065282+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Coryphopterus venezuelae Cervigón, 1966
- Name authority
- Cervigón, 1966
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Coryphopterus
- 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
- orderGobiiformes
- familyGobiidae Cuvier, 1816
- subfamilyGobiinae Cuvier, 1816
- genusCoryphopterus Gill, 1863
- speciesCoryphopterus venezuelae Cervigón, 1966
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Coryphopterus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| barfin gobyCoryphopterus alloides Böhlke & Robins, 1960 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| colon gobyCoryphopterus dicrus Böhlke & Robins, 1960 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| pallid gobyCoryphopterus eidolon Böhlke & Robins, 1960 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bridled gobyCoryphopterus glaucofraenum Gill, 1863 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| glass gobyCoryphopterus hyalinus Böhlke & Robins, 1962 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coryphopterus kuna Victor, 2007 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| peppermint gobyCoryphopterus lipernes Böhlke & Robins, 1962 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| masked gobyCoryphopterus personatus (Jordan & Thompson, 1905) | GobiidaeChordata | 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 |
|---|---|
| Coryphopterus glaucofraenum venezuelae Cervigón, 1966 Cervigón, 1966 | synonym |
| Coryphopterus bol Victor, 2008 Victor, 2008 | 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.
- Cervigón, F. (1966). Los peces marinos de Venezuela (2 vols.). Estación de. Investigaciones Marinas de Margarita, Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales, Caracas, Monografía, Nos 11–12. 1–951. [[In Spanish. Vol. 1, (Monografía no. 11), published 4 Feb. 1966: 1–436, 1 map; v. 2 (Monografía no. 12), published 30 June 1966: 437–951. Author also seen as Fernando Cervigón M.]]. 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:YSRB. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.