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Here we describe two new species of deep-reef gobies, <jats:italic>Varicus prometheus<\/jats:italic><jats:bold>sp. nov.<\/jats:bold> and <jats:italic>V. roatanensis<\/jats:italic><jats:bold>sp. nov.<\/jats:bold>, that were collected using the submersible <jats:italic>Idabel<\/jats:italic> from rariphotic reefs off the island of Roatan (Honduras) in the Caribbean. The new species are the 11<jats:sup>th<\/jats:sup> and 12<jats:sup>th<\/jats:sup> species of the genus <jats:italic>Varicus<\/jats:italic>, and their placement in the genus is supported by morphological data and molecular phylogenetic analyses. Additionally, we also collected new specimens of the closely-related genus and species <jats:italic>Pinnichthys aimoriensis<\/jats:italic> during submersible collections off the islands of Bonaire and St. Eustatius (Netherland Antilles) and included them in this study to expand the current description of that species and document its range extension from Brazil into the Caribbean. Collectively, the two new species of <jats:italic>Varicus<\/jats:italic> and new records of <jats:italic>P. aimoriensis<\/jats:italic> add to our growing knowledge of cryptobenthic fish diversity on deep reefs of the Caribbean.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3897\/zookeys.1180.107551","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,20]],"date-time":"2023-09-20T11:25:38Z","timestamp":1695209138000},"page":"159-180","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["\ufeffTwo new species of Varicus from Caribbean deep reefs, with comments on the related genus Pinnichthys (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Gobiosomatini, Nes subgroup)"],"prefix":"10.3897","volume":"1180","author":[{"given":"Katlyn M.","family":"Fuentes","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2875-0474","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Carole C.","family":"Baldwin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3972-149X","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"D. 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