Promethean goby | |
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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. prometheus
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Binomial name | |
Varicus prometheus Fuentes, Baldwin, Robertson, Lardizábal & Tornabene 2023
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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]
Promethean goby | |
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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. prometheus
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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]