Varicus nigritus, Banded splitfin goby

Varicus nigritus Gilmore, Van Tassell & Baldwin, 2016

Banded splitfin goby
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Varicus: Latin, varix = dilated vein (Ref. 45335); nigritus: Name from the Latin word for black, in reference to the diagnostic dark black wide bars on the trunk of this species (Ref. 113825).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 244 - ? m (Ref. 113825). Tropical

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Western Central Atlantic: Bahamas.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 113825)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Anal soft rays: 8; Vertebrae: 27. This species can be distinguished by the following set of characters: D1 fin with small filaments extending beyond membrane on spine tips, spines 2-4 nearly equal; D2 I,9; A I,8; P 17, rays 14-15 elongate extending to a vertical through 5th second dorsal-fin ray, past the anal origin to vertical through anal rays 4-5; pelvic fins well separated, all rays unbranched without flattened fleshy tips, long ray extending past anus to anal fin origin; no scales on body of preserved specimen, though small embedded ctenoid scale at D1 fin base; modified basicaudal scales present; papillae rows 5s and 5i connected as a continuous transverse row; interorbital papillae row pc’ and pe’ present; no cephalic lateralis pores on head or preopercle; single anal fin pterygiophore inserted anterior to haemal arch; presence of 7 black stripes from below eye to caudal peduncle (Ref. 113825).
Cross section: oval.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Collected on the shore from a steep rocky slope (45° slope) with thin and sparse calcareous Halimeda rubble layer, mixed with interspersed flat rock outcroppings, hard rock unlayment and scattered rock boulders ca. 1 to 30 m in diameter (Ref. 113825).

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Tornabene, L., J.L. Van Tassel, D.R. Robertson and C.C. Baldwin, 2016. Molecular phylogeny, analysis of discrete character evolution, and submersible collections facilitate a new classification for a diverse group of gobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Gobiosomatini: Nes subgroup), with descriptions of nine new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 177(4):764-812. (Ref. 113825)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 09 October 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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