Varicus is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae, the gobies. They are native to the western Atlantic Ocean.[1]
| Varicus | |
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| Varicus lacerta | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Varicus C. R. Robins & J. E. Böhlke, 1961 |
| Type species | |
| Varicus bucca C. R. Robins & J. E. Böhlke, 1961
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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, 1961
- Varicus 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] – (Godzilla goby)
- Varicus marilynae Gilmore, 1979 (Orangebelly goby)
- Varicus 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] This genus is closely related to genus Chriolepis, and now contains some species formerly included there.[2]
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Varicus". FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ^ 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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