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<figureCitation id="E4DE29EE203C07A5A2FF1D5755C407E3" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Varicus roatanensis sp. nov. holotype, UW 158127, 18.5 mm SL, female, prior to preservation (top two photos) and preserved (bottom). Photos by L. Tornabene." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1180.107551.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/908651" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">Fig. 6 Roatan goby, Gobio de Roatan (Spanish)</figureCitation>
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<paragraph id="CBD9D6516FDCBCA03533740638AAE5CC" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">Type locality.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1F13E8D52CECAFFDF3DA7650587AB9FD" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">Roatan, Honduras; western Caribbean.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="0B2FCBE709836D48A86B416FC32800FA" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">Holotype.</paragraph>
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Honduras • 1 female 18.5 mm SL; western Caribbean, island of Roatan, west End, off Half Moon Bay, sta. IDABEL18-03; 
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; 237 m depth; 6 June 2018; Luke Tornabene, Rachel Manning, and Karl Stanley; 5% quinaldine-sulfate dispersed from Idabel submersible; UW 158127, DNA sample ROA18043.
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<paragraph id="B940ECEBE79C68F48FF8FAD1705AF5D1" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">Generic placement.</paragraph>
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In addition to the molecular characters supporting the phylogenetic placement of this species, the following morphological characters support its inclusion in the genus 
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: first dorsal spines VII; vertebrae 11+16; dorsal pterygiophore formula 3-221110; anal-fin rays I,9 or fewer (I,8 in 
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); head pores absent; pelvic fins completely separate, lacking both anterior frenum and membrane connecting bases of innermost pelvic-fin rays; fifth pelvic-fin ray unbranched.
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<paragraph id="D980C3BDF2F60756CE76E7F83BA129CC" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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is distinguishable from all other 
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species by the following combination of characters: second dorsal fin I,8; anal fin I,8; pectoral fin 17; body scaled with 28 lateral rows of ctenoid scales, modified basicaudal scales present; pelvic rays 1-4 unbranched; body white with a series of elongate yellow dashes along lateral midline with scattered yellow spots between lateral midline and dorsal midline; dorsal and caudal fins white with bright yellow spots in life, pectoral, pelvic, and anal fins white.
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<paragraph id="19F6DE570A602AE098C9A02E38A560EC" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">General shape: body widest and deepest at the head, trunk tapering in width and depth posteriorly, dorsal head profile moderately sloping from dorsum to tip of snout.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="2AD3E64A02F294F67935B611F8462A88" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">Morphometrics (%SL)</emphasis>
: head length 30.3; eye diameter 10.8; snout length 5.9; upper-jaw length 10.3; post-orbital length 13.5; predorsal length 40.0; body depth at 1st dorsal-fin origin 15.1; body depth at anal-fin origin 12.4; preanal length 54.1; body depth at caudal peduncle 9.2; caudal-peduncle length 9.2; pectoral-fin length 20.5; pelvic-fin length 25.9.
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<emphasis id="0D665FF745520A7D368E4D6BB49EDA43" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">Median and paired fins</emphasis>
: first dorsal fin VII; second dorsal fin I,8; anal fin I,8; pectoral fin 17; pelvic fins I,5, fins well separated, lacking both anterior frenum and membrane connecting bases of innermost rays; 4th pelvic-fin ray longest, extending posteriorly to anus; rays 1-4 connected by a thin membrane, all unbranched without fleshy tips; 5th ray unbranched and approximately 25% the length of the 4th ray; caudal fin damaged, unable to determine fin-shape, branched caudal-fin rays13, segmented caudal-fin rays 17.
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<emphasis id="C5CB6EA4015EAB1A42CAA0B96D5E618C" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">Vertebral skeleton</emphasis>
: 27 vertebrae, 11 precaudal, and 16 caudal; dorsal pterygiophore formula 3-221110, unknown number of anal-fin pterygiophores inserted anterior to 1st haemal spine, as radiographs were unclear.
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: jaw terminal, angled approximately 50 degrees from the horizontal axis of body, extending posteriorly to vertical anterior end of pupil; anterior naris on elongate tube, posterior naris barely visible as an opening on a slightly raised rim immediately anterior to eye; eyes large, dorsolateral, extending slightly above head profile; narrow interorbital space, operculum opening slightly larger than pectoral fin base; condition and presence/absence of teeth undeterminable due to condition of specimen.
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: skin of holotype is heavily abraded and no papillae are visible on the head or body.
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<emphasis id="B374986397E6703F4505E38E21BCFDCD" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">Squamation</emphasis>
: trunk covered with ctenoid scales, extending anteriorly to pectoral-fin base; 28 scales in lateral series, approximately 9 or 10 transverse scale rows; no scales on head; 2 modified basicaudal scales with enlarged ctenii present at dorsal and central margins at base of caudal-fin.
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<emphasis id="7CB79F667CF80E17805AFAE27712927C" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">Genitalia</emphasis>
: female with short, rounded papilla, wider at base and tapering to a slightly conical point; male unknown.
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<emphasis id="5C1698F1279D58FFEAA24006A15C561E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">Color before preservation</emphasis>
(Fig. 
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: body translucent white with pale to bright yellow markings which are more visible when fish was photographed against white vs. black background. Head white with three slender bright yellow stripes below and posterior to eye, a slender yellow bar running down the center of the operculum; and with scattered melanophores, silver iridiophores, and bright yellow xanthrophores extending posterior from eye onto opercle; iris gold, heavily speckled with green-yellow dots; a thin silvery-white inner ring around pupil; three indistinct yellow bands across the nape, last one at level of origin of first dorsal fin. Body translucent white with three elongate yellow dashes along lateral midline, first dash under first dorsal fin, second dash below origin of second dorsal fin, third dash positioned below posterior half of second dorsal fin; nine small yellow spots extending ventrally from dorsal midline, first spot starting on nape, last spot above middle of caudal peduncle. First and second dorsal fins pale, each interradial membrane with one or two bright yellow spots, giving faint impression of one or two yellow stripes across fins. Caudal fin pale with a faint yellow curved bar across middle of rays, and a bright yellow vertical bar across base of caudal fin, with a triangular extension onto caudal peduncle. Anal fin pale, slightly translucent. Pectoral-fin base white with small horizontal patch of yellow on the dorsal part of fin base; pectoral rays white and semitransparent; pelvic fins pale.
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<emphasis id="1F523D31F5937080771FD70A130D7C92" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">Figure 6.</emphasis>
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sp. nov. holotype, UW158127, 18.5 mm SL, female, prior to preservation (top two photos) and preserved (bottom). Photos by L. Tornabene.
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<emphasis id="311E7EB617951C6A182783D22A1AD99C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">Color in preservation</emphasis>
(Fig. 
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: body uniformly pale yellow with no visible pigmentation on head, trunk or fins.
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<paragraph id="4752C4315B4C06BB49BFE7673502EDF2" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">Habitat.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8EB248FFC8F34F4A22163CF2BAD5EFF5" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">Collected at 237 m. Specimen found on a silt-covered boulder with small 3-10 cm diameter caves and crevices.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="31E6C8393400BC6905A440F65260E510" pageId="0" pageNumber="159" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="1258EFF0D69F727B3A93DE33BBF7CBAD" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D0BD94416829E2EEA9376961F338DC1B" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">Known only from the type locality off Roatan, Honduras.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C07E56AAA66F0B17B2BDF59715C76DBC" pageId="0" pageNumber="159" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="758F2A8F078E13309D32E3F8F935CE8C" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="934D9BA546D0B4F3DA13DD85723E1BAD" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">
The specific epithet 
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<emphasis id="0A33D155788C71B327BCA0359CE98DED" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">Varicus roatanensis</emphasis>
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refers to the type locality, Roatan, Honduras.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="92AE4E30AFBC9371D1B91FA59F292D35" pageId="0" pageNumber="159" type="remarks">
<paragraph id="91116A27B26751A513A4ADD1A54034D6" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">Remarks</paragraph>
<paragraph id="CF1EB3EDEF3A2B4752EA68E973C19FF3" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">
<emphasis id="7942E05C87F592EC8ADEA1493F12EBEC" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">
(Table 
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).
</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="D17CA8F35A09E49304691F6FF534DD06" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">Varicus roatanensis</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from 
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<emphasis id="50FD6F1A23CB5C6C49C2E2E651298C42" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">V. decorum</emphasis>
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, 
<taxonomicName id="4E4EBC5D30B806B5CBAE5A2A9FFC9F3A" lsidName="V. lacerta" pageId="0" pageNumber="159" rank="species" species="lacerta">
<emphasis id="E1AD0B59E429334F2659AAEB462C7C37" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">V. lacerta</emphasis>
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and 
<taxonomicName id="ADB57489EE2ADA69A146CB7E1168164A" lsidName="V. prometheus" pageId="0" pageNumber="159" rank="species" species="prometheus">
<emphasis id="DDAF40430FA11224F875BF364931A979" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">V. prometheus</emphasis>
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and all species of 
<taxonomicName id="13F9777424F4CDCCA4BE9F778272E749" authorityName="Ginsburg" authorityYear="1953" class="Actinopterygii" family="Gobiidae" genus="Psilotris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Psilotris" order="Gobiiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="159" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="387A1CBCB60AB1F0D5E19B24CE0637F4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">Psilotris</emphasis>
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by the presence of multiple rows of scales on the side of the body (versus body scales absent; two modified basicaudal scales present in 
<taxonomicName id="FD1E3D7C32ECCE2564D7855A6357F85D" lsidName="V. decorum" pageId="0" pageNumber="159" rank="species" species="decorum">
<emphasis id="16CD9484C8FFAD7CE29A07DC377ECE82" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">V. decorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="B994F79612E0A7F671EEA067539E8EA7" lsidName="V. prometheus" pageId="0" pageNumber="159" rank="species" species="prometheus">
<emphasis id="F8EE90CA3BBEE60B1A513A7AD0BB9D4C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">V. prometheus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="5705EBF4ADE59AA8C2FFF4674B26B971" lsidName="P. vantasselli" pageId="0" pageNumber="159" rank="species" species="vantasselli">
<emphasis id="4199D63EB6F1213C54AD71FF414C9B4C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">P. vantasselli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). The unbranched pelvic-fin rays in 
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<emphasis id="9FCF49D3BCC22A20EE85B6FAB3306992" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">V. roatanensis</emphasis>
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distinguish it from 
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<emphasis id="738AAC24A969D353B6D4088A15B3E14D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">V. adamsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="92B87731B1C326789CA61090FC9B2FA7" lsidName="V. benthonis" pageId="0" pageNumber="159" rank="species" species="benthonis">
<emphasis id="B5C561B04342AE0C0D6726BE5524E9F8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">V. benthonis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Ginsburg, 1943), 
<taxonomicName id="5992AD873F6715F95F59516D392E30EB" lsidName="V. marilynae" pageId="0" pageNumber="159" rank="species" species="marilynae">
<emphasis id="AD8E84225FEEB2309E8235FAF7925095" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">V. marilynae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="47289537C3775AF56237CE15A49CDA9E" lsidName="V. vespa" pageId="0" pageNumber="159" rank="species" species="vespa">
<emphasis id="F207BC8D1E6557623B8DBB559E811FD4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">V. vespa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, all of which have rays 1-4 branched (
<taxonomicName id="FDD6A7EF9BC3CFD8E7E03233EB7F9FCF" lsidName="V. adamsi" pageId="0" pageNumber="159" rank="species" species="adamsi">
<emphasis id="397666B336199F1850BD71FFEDACF950" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">V. adamsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="51302FC2F5F4535C9C9F8E6932129E5B" lsidName="V. marilynae" pageId="0" pageNumber="159" rank="species" species="marilynae">
<emphasis id="754D7D44DB068FAB77BE79A056B6EFB9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">V. marilynae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="864B22AF11F1E4DE515229F8E22CEE5C" lsidName="V. vespa" pageId="0" pageNumber="159" rank="species" species="vespa">
<emphasis id="BB32CF22B6D5A069A75F5DBB49EC6208" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">V. vespa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also with fleshy pads at the tips of rays). 
<taxonomicName id="8106E71DB92D51AF7356CD5DFE3B929D" authorityName="Fuentes &amp; Baldwin &amp; Robertson &amp; Lardizábal &amp; Tornabene" authorityYear="2023" family="Gobiidae" genus="Varicus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Varicus roatanensis" order="Perciformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="159" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="roatanensis">
<emphasis id="7B0DFD9F76EF96A9803776124BF757B4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">Varicus roatanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is most similar to 
<taxonomicName id="5E5481636B0AF365C16E05F479408A0B" lsidName="V. bucca" pageId="0" pageNumber="159" rank="species" species="bucca">
<emphasis id="820EC3C46F9D53D936542004709EDDE1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">V. bucca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Robins &amp; 
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, 1961, 
<taxonomicName id="FB86AA47BE2EFF30BDAFE29D13C48227" lsidName="V. cephalocellatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="159" rank="species" species="cephalocellatus">
<emphasis id="4ABC0692D41D149697E450F2BA7BE593" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">V. cephalocellatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Gilmore, Van Tassell &amp; Baldwin, 2016, 
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<emphasis id="19FA2E4103BEA0B8B0DD019FDFB722DD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">V. nigritus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Gilmore, Van Tassell &amp; Baldwin, 2016, and 
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<emphasis id="691148856BFDEC668BA8F296F3C26D1A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">V. veliguttatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Van Tassell, Baldwin &amp; Gilmore, 2016, in having scales on the body and unbranched pelvic-fin rays but differs from each of these species in body coloration. 
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<emphasis id="1CC173CD7F97AA2B8ECD498776102019" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">Varicus roatanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is the only species in the genus to have elongate yellow dashes along the lateral midline, whereas 
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<emphasis id="0940138842AD4E04F79887AB45CFFE50" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">V. veliguttatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="2854A1772B25BEA42BD65A8554BAC03E" lsidName="V. nigritus" pageId="0" pageNumber="159" rank="species" species="nigritus">
<emphasis id="434F4D68EBD70173F1CA5926FAA6140E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">V. nigritus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="63AC32A0CF21735BBFDF8FEE1CFD7895" lsidName="V. decorum" pageId="0" pageNumber="159" rank="species" species="decorum">
<emphasis id="BE3C4F9F1A3F0892CC3CBD6B226A1BB2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">V. decorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have distinct yellow or dark round blotches, saddles, or vertical bars on the body. While the fresh or living coloration of 
<taxonomicName id="44C1A0A72A1503F5585F22D45FBEA7C4" lsidName="V. bucca" pageId="0" pageNumber="159" rank="species" species="bucca">
<emphasis id="B6F0E02520BE1825CA8F089AE3DDE2D3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">V. bucca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is not known, and the type series may represent several species (
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), the description and illustration of the preserved holotype clearly indicate a very dark anal fin that is heavily covered with melanophores (
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Robins and 
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1961
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). This pattern is shared with several other species of 
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<emphasis id="9853A962AB1E3CBB6AC6AA568A28EFBD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">Varicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(e.g., 
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<emphasis id="9DD1016FBF45212CFA7FB0182834F4E9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">V. adamsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="A77FB5BB7EEC773CD8050C5C8F7DB815" lsidName="V. marilynae" pageId="0" pageNumber="159" rank="species" species="marilynae">
<emphasis id="5D5AFDC89D1F717643C10D1AC6F3386B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">V. marilynae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="E647B1AF5F5563858968AD9DC93D71EE" lsidName="V. nigritus" pageId="0" pageNumber="159" rank="species" species="nigritus">
<emphasis id="5150B43214E428A3F5967326353957BF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">V. nigritus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="EE44F61F37F85CA6169ABF09648FA1A5" lsidName="V. vespa" pageId="0" pageNumber="159" rank="species" species="vespa">
<emphasis id="0FFFFA4759E89E00AB320889C63EFA15" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">V. vespa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), but differs from that of 
<taxonomicName id="C8AB0BFEE37C84B84A997A799EEE3497" lsidName="V. roatanensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="159" rank="species" species="roatanensis">
<emphasis id="8DD2D1ABFF5A16973B018C4E9A773FFD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="159">V. roatanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which has a pale anal fin with a very faint yellow shading near the bases of the rays.
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