Species of reef goby
Promethean goby | |
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Scientific 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
- 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.
- "CAS – Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes". researcharchive.calacademy.org. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- "FAMILY Details for Gobiidae – Gobies". fishbase.mnhn.fr. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- 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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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