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Genus of fishes
Varicus is a
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 , 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]
^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013).
Species of Varicus in
FishBase . June 2013 version.
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b
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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.
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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 .