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. 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.
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 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
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 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
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Varicus in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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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