Promethean goby

The promethean goby (Varicus prometheus)^[1] is a mesophotic species of reef goby native to the Caribbean Sea, more specifically Half Moon Bay, Roatan, which is its type locality.^[2][3] The first specimen of the species was a female collected among a small group of algae of the genus Halimeda.^[4]

Promethean goby
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Varicus
Species:	V. prometheus
Binomial name
Varicus prometheus Fuentes, Baldwin, Robertson, Lardizábal & Tornabene 2023