| Cocotropus | |
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| (C. roseus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Aploactinidae |
| Genus: | Cocotropus Kaup, 1858 |
| Type species | |
| Corythobatus echinatus Cantor, 1849
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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.