Varicus veliguttatus, also known as the spotted-sail goby, is a species of fish in the genus Varicus.

Varicus veliguttatus
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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

Description

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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).[1]

Distribution

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The species is known to be endemic to San Salvador, Bahamas, Curaçao and Tobago.[2]

Etymology

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The genus name, Varicus, comes from the Latin varix which means dilated vein.[3] 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.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Shorefishes - The Fishes - Species". biogeodb.stri.si.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  2. ^ a b 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)
  3. ^ Romero, P., 2002. An etymological dictionary of taxonomy. Madrid, unpublished.