| Varicus veliguttatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Varicus |
| Species: | V. veliguttatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Varicus veliguttatus Van Tassell, Baldwin & Gilmore, 2016 | |
Varicus veliguttatus, also known as the spotted-sail goby, is a species of fish in the genus Varicus.
Description
The spotted-sail goby has a short and robust body and has a head that has 3 to 4 narrow yellow wide-interspaced cross-bars. The head and body are translucent white in color. It has a known max length of 5.5 cm (2.2 in).
Distribution
The species is known to be endemic to San Salvador, Bahamas, Curaçao and Tobago.
Etymology
The genus name, Varicus, comes from the Latin varix which means dilated vein. The species name comes from the Latin words 'veli-' (sail) and '-guttatus' (speckled or spotted), which is in reference to the species' first dorsal fin which has scattered black markings.
References
- "Shorefishes - The Fishes - Species". biogeodb.stri.si.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
- ^ Tornabene, Van Tassell, Gilmore, Robertson, Young, Baldwin, Luke, James L., Richard G., David Ross, Forrest, Carole C. (August 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 – via Oxford Academic.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Romero, P., 2002. An etymological dictionary of taxonomy. Madrid, unpublished.
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