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Varicus
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Varicus

Varicus is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae, the gobies. They are native to the western Atlantic Ocean.

The genus was recently reexamined, and several new species were described and added to the group in 2016.

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12 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 12 known species

Puffcheek Goby

speciesVaricus bucca

Wasp Goby

speciesVaricus vespa

Mesophotic Goby

speciesVaricus benthonis

Decorated Splitfin Goby

speciesVaricus decorum

Spotted-sail Goby

speciesVaricus veliguttatus

Twilight Goby

speciesVaricus adamsi

Ocellated Splitfin Goby

speciesVaricus cephalocellatus

Godzilla Goby

speciesVaricus lacerta

Banded Splitfin Goby

speciesVaricus nigritus

Orangebelly goby

speciesVaricus marilynae

Varicus prometheus

speciesVaricus prometheus

Varicus roatanensis

speciesVaricus roatanensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 92774.