''Cotylopus'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

gobies Gobiidae or gobies is a family of bony fish in the order Gobiiformes, one of the largest fish families comprising over 2,000 species in more than 200 genera. Most of gobiid fish are relatively small, typically less than in length, and the fam ...

native to streams and rivers in

Mauritius Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Ag ...

Réunion Réunion (; ; ; known as before 1848) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France. Part of the Mascarene Islands, it is located approximately east of the isl ...

Mayotte Mayotte ( ; , ; , ; , ), officially the Department of Mayotte (), is an Overseas France, overseas Overseas departments and regions of France, department and region and single territorial collectivity of France. It is one of the Overseas departm ...

, and

Anjouan Anjouan () is an autonomous volcanic island in the Comoro Islands in the southwestern Indian Ocean, part of the Comoros, Union of the Comoros. It is known in Comorian languages, Shikomori as Ndzuani, Ndzuwani or Nzwani, and, until the early twentie ...

in the

Comoros The Comoros, officially the Union of the Comoros, is an archipelagic country made up of three islands in Southeastern Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city is Moroni, ...

, which are all islands in the Western Indian Ocean off Africa.

Species

The recognized species in this genus are: * ''

Cotylopus acutipinnis ''Cotylopus'' is a genus of gobies native to streams and rivers in Mauritius, Réunion, Mayotte, and Anjouan in the Comoros, which are all islands in the Western Indian Ocean off Africa. Species The recognized species in this genus are: * ''Cot ...

'' Guichenot, 1863 * '' Cotylopus rubripinnis'' Keith, Hoareau & P. Bosc, 2005

References

Sicydiinae Freshwater fish of Africa Fauna of Mayotte Fish of the Comoros Vertebrates of Mauritius Vertebrates of Réunion Taxa named by Alphonse Guichenot {{Oxudercidae-stub