Varicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gobioidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Gobiaria Ordo: Gobiiformes Subordo: Gobioidei

Familia: Gobiidae
Subfamilia: Gobiinae
Genus: Varicus
Species: V. adamsi – V. bucca – V. cephalocellatus – V. decorum – V. imswe – V. lacerta – V. marilynae – V. nigritus – V. prometheus – V. roatanensis – V. veliguttatus

Name

Varicus Robins & Böhlke, 1961:46

Type species: Varicus bucca ♂ Robins & Böhlke, 1961. Type by original designation (also monotypic).

References

• Robins, C.R. & J.E. Böhlke 1961: A new gobioid fish from the Antilles and comments on Ctenogobius fasciatus and C. curtisi. Copeia, 1961(1): 46–50.
• Bussing, W.A. 1997: Chirolepis atrimelum (Gobiidae) a new species of gobiid fish from Isla del Coco, Costa Rica. Revista de Biologia Tropical, 45(4): 1547–1552.
• Fuentes, K.M., Baldwin, C.C., Robertson, D.R., Lardizábal, C.C. & Tornabene, L. 2023. Two new species of Varicus from Caribbean deep reefs, with comments on the related genus Pinnichthys (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Gobiosomatini, Nes subgroup) Zookeys 1180ː 159–180. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1180.107551 Reference page. 
• Tornabene, L., Van Tassell, J.L., Gilmore, R.G., Robertson, D.R., Young, F., & Baldwin, C.C. 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 Reference page. 
• Tornabene, L., Robertson, D.R. & Baldwin, C.C. 2016. Varicus lacerta, a new species of goby (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Gobiosomatini, Nes subgroup) from a mesophotic reef in the southern Caribbean. ZooKeys 596: 143–156. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.596.8217 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Gobies