Milyeringa
| Milyeringa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Eleotridae |
| Genus: | Milyeringa Whitley, 1945 |
| Type species | |
| Milyeringa veritas Whitley, 1945 | |
Milyeringa is a genus of blind cavefish in the family Eleotridae from the Cape Range and Barrow Island, northwestern Australia. The genus has traditionally been placed in Eleotridae, but it is of uncertain placement within Gobioidei and some have tentatively placed it in its own family Milyeringidae.[1]
Species
The recognized species of this genus are:
- Milyeringa brooksi Chakrabarty, 2010 [1]
- Milyeringa justitia Larson & Foster, 2013 (Barrow cave gudgeon) [2]
- Milyeringa veritas Whitley, 1945 (blind gudgeon)
References
- 1 2 Chakrabarty, P. (2010): Status and phylogeny of Milyeringidae (Teleostei: Gobiiformes), with the description of a new blind cave-fish from Australia, Milyeringa brooksi, n. sp. Zootaxa, 2557: 19–28.
- ↑ Larson, H.K., Foster, R., Humphreys, W.F. & Stevens, M.I. (2013): A new species of the blind cave gudgeon Milyeringa (Pisces: Gobioidei, Eleotridae) from Barrow Island, Western Australia, with a redescription of M. veritas Whitley. Zootaxa, 3616 (2): 135–150.
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