Coryphopterus Alloides
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''Coryphopterus alloides'', the barfin goby, is a
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of
goby The Gobioidei are a suborder of percomorph fish. Many of these fishes are called gobies. It is by far the largest and most diverse order within the order Gobiiformes, and one of the most diverse groups of ray-finned fish in general. The subord ...
found in the western Atlantic Ocean from southern
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and the
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to Belize.


Description

This species reaches a length of .


References

Gobiidae Fish of the Atlantic Ocean Fish described in 1960 Taxa named by James Erwin Böhlke Taxa named by Charles Richard Robins {{Gobiidae-stub