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Species of reef goby

Promethean goby
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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

References

  1. Gay, Jeremy (25 September 2023). "Two New Species of Gobies Described from the Deep Reefs of the Caribbean". Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  2. "CAS – Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes". researcharchive.calacademy.org. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  3. "FAMILY Details for Gobiidae – Gobies". fishbase.mnhn.fr. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  4. Fuentes, Katlyn M.; Baldwin, Carole C.; Robertson, D. Ross; Lardizábal, Claudia C.; Tornabene, Luke (20 September 2023). "Two new species of Varicus from Caribbean deep reefs, with comments on the related genus Pinnichthys (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Gobiosomatini, Nes subgroup)". ZooKeys (1180): 159–180. Bibcode:2023ZooK.1180..159F. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1180.107551. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 10534247. PMID 37780890.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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