Biology:Promethean goby

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Short description: Species of reef goby

Promethean goby
Scientific classification edit
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)[1] is a mesophotic species of reef goby native to the Caribbean Sea, more specifically Half Moon Bay, Roatan, which is its type locality.[2][3] The first specimen of the species was a female collected among a small group of algae of the genus Halimeda.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q123036439 entry