Promethean goby explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gay . Jeremy . 25 September 2023 . Two New Species of Gobies Described from the Deep Reefs of the Caribbean . 14 October 2023 . Reef Builders The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog . en-US.
  2. Web site: CAS – Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes . 14 October 2023 . researcharchive.calacademy.org.
  3. Web site: FAMILY Details for Gobiidae – Gobies . 14 October 2023 . fishbase.mnhn.fr.
  4. Fuentes . Katlyn M. . Baldwin . Carole C. . Robertson . D. Ross . Lardizábal . Claudia C. . Tornabene . Luke . 20 September 2023 . Two new species of Varicus from Caribbean deep reefs, with comments on the related genus Pinnichthys (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Gobiosomatini, Nes subgroup) . ZooKeys . en . 1180 . 159–180 . 10.3897/zookeys.1180.107551 . 37780890 . 10534247 . 1313-2970 . free . 2023ZooK.1180..159F .

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