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Varicus
Genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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, Robertson & Baldwin, 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]
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