Promethean goby

Varicus prometheus

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Central America and the Caribbean
Small
Tropical fish

The promethean goby (Varicus prometheus) is a mesophotic species of reef goby native to the Caribbean Sea, more specifically Half Moon Bay, Roatan, which is its type locality. The first specimen of the species was a female collected among a small group of algae of the genus Halimeda.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Gobies and Allies
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Varicus
Maximum length: 3.1 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Western Central Atlantic: Honduras.

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