Varicus
Genus of fishes
Varicus genus of fish in the family Gobiidae , the gobies. They are native to the western Atlantic Ocean .[ 1]
The genus was recently reexamined, and several new species were described and added to the group in 2016.[ 2]
Species include:[ 2]
Varicus adamsi Gilmore, Van Tassell & Tornabene 2016 (twilight goby)Varicus benthonis (Ginsburg , 1953) Varicus bucca C. R. Robins & J. E. Böhlke , 1961Varicus cephalocellatus Gilmore, Van Tassell & Baldwin, 2016 (ocellated splitfin goby)Varicus decorum Van Tassell, Baldwin & Tornabene, 2016 (decorated splitfin goby)Varicus lacerta Tornabene L, Robertson DR, Baldwin CC (2016) [ 3] Varicus marilynae Gilmore , 1979Varicus nigritus Gilmore, Van Tassell & Baldwin, 2016 (banded splitfin goby)Varicus prometheus Fuentes, Baldwin, Robertson, Lardizábal & Tornabene 2023 (Promethean goby)[ 4] Varicus roatanensis Fuentes, Baldwin, Robertson, Lardizábal & Tornabene 2023 (Roatan goby)[ 4] Varicus veliguttatus Van Tassell, Baldwin & Gilmore, 2016 (spotted-sail goby)Varicus vespa (Hastings & Bortone, 1981) The whiteband goby (Paedovaricus imswe ) was formerly known as Varicus imswe .[ 2] Chriolepis [ 2]
References
^ Froese, Rainer ; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Varicus " . FishBase ^ a b c d Tornabene, L., et al. 2016. Molecular phylogeny, analysis of character evolution, and submersible collections enable a new classification of a diverse group of gobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Nes subgroup), including nine new species and four new genera. Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 177(4): 764–812. doi: 10.1111/zoj.12394.
^ Tornabene, L., et al.
Varicus lacerta , a new species of goby (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Gobiosomatini, Nes subgroup) from a mesophotic reef in the southern Caribbean.ZooKeys 596 (2016): 143.
^ a b Gay, Jeremy (2023-09-25). "Two New Species of Gobies Described from the Deep Reefs of the Caribbean" . Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog . Retrieved 2023-10-14 .
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