Varicus
Varicus lacerta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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]

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Varicus in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  2. 1 2 3 4 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. 1 2 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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