Typová lokalita
Off Half Moon Bay, west End, island of Roatan, western Caribbean, 16.304°N, 86.598°W, depth 237 meters.
Původní popis
Fuentes, K. M., Baldwin, C. C., Robertson, D. R., Lardizábal, C. C. & Tornabene, L. 2023. Two new species of Varicus from Caribbean deep reefs, with comments on the related genus Pinnichthys (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Gobiosomatini, Nes subgroup). ZooKeys No. 1180: 159-180.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.