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.
Species include:
- Varicus adamsi <small>Gilmore, Van Tassell & Tornabene 2016</small> (twilight goby)
- Varicus benthonis <small>(Ginsburg, 1953)</small>
- Varicus bucca <small>C. R. Robins & J. E. Böhlke, 1961</small>
- Varicus cephalocellatus <small>Gilmore, Van Tassell & Baldwin, 2016</small> (ocellated splitfin goby)
- Varicus decorum <small>Van Tassell, Baldwin & Tornabene, 2016</small> (decorated splitfin goby)
- Varicus lacerta <small>Tornabene, Robertson & Baldwin, 2016</small> (Godzilla goby)
- Varicus marilynae <small>Gilmore, 1979</small> (Orangebelly goby)
- Varicus nigritus <small>Gilmore, Van Tassell & Baldwin, 2016</small> (banded splitfin goby)
- Varicus prometheus <small>Fuentes, Baldwin, Robertson, Lardizábal & Tornabene, 2023</small> (Promethean goby)
- Varicus roatanensis <small>Fuentes, Baldwin, Robertson, Lardizábal & Tornabene, 2023</small> (Roatan goby)
- Varicus veliguttatus <small>Van Tassell, Baldwin & Gilmore, 2016</small> (spotted-sail goby)
- Varicus vespa <small>(Hastings & Bortone, 1981)</small>
The whiteband goby (Paedovaricus imswe) was formerly known as Varicus imswe. This genus is closely related to genus Chriolepis, and now contains some species formerly included there.
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