Varicus veliguttatus, also known as the spotted-sail goby, is a species of fish in the genus Varicus.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Varicus |
| Species: | V. veliguttatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Varicus veliguttatus Van Tassell, Baldwin & Gilmore, 2016
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Description
editThe spotted-sail goby has a short and robust body and has a head that has 3 to 4 narrow yellow wide-interspaced cross-bars. The head and body are translucent white in color. It has a known max length of 5.5 cm (2.2 in).[1]
Distribution
editThe species is known to be endemic to San Salvador, Bahamas, Curaçao and Tobago.[2]
Etymology
editThe genus name, Varicus, comes from the Latin varix which means dilated vein.[3] The species name comes from the Latin words 'veli-' (sail) and '-guttatus' (speckled or spotted), which is in reference to the species' first dorsal fin which has scattered black markings.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Shorefishes - The Fishes - Species". biogeodb.stri.si.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
- ^ a b Tornabene, Van Tassell, Gilmore, Robertson, Young, Baldwin, Luke, James L., Richard G., David Ross, Forrest, Carole C. (August 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 – via Oxford Academic.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Romero, P., 2002. An etymological dictionary of taxonomy. Madrid, unpublished.
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