Biology:Milyeringa

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Milyeringa
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Milyeringidae
Genus: Milyeringa
Whitley, 1945
Type species
Milyeringa veritas
Whitley, 1945[1]

Milyeringa is a genus of blind cavefish from the Cape Range and Barrow Island, northwestern Australia . Although traditionally considered to belong to the family Eleotridae, studies show that they represent a distinct and far-separated lineage together with the Typhleotris cavefish from Madagascar, leading some to move them to their own family, Milyeringidae.[2][3] The generic name is taken from Milyering which is 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Vlamingh Head in the North West Cape of Western Australia, the type locality for Milyeringa veritas.[4]

Species

The recognized species of this genus are:[5]

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Milyeringa". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=7003. 
  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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2557.1.2. 
  3. Sparks, J. S.; P. Chakrabarty (2012). "Revision of the endemic Malagasy cavefish genus Typhleotris (Teleostei: Gobiiformes: Milyeringidae), with discussion of its phylogenetic placement and description of a new species". American Museum Novitates (3764): 1–28. doi:10.1206/3764.2. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/handle/2246/6399/N3764.pdf?sequence=1. 
  4. "Order GOBIIFORMES: Families RHYACICHTHYIDAE, ODONTOBUTIDAE, MILYERINGIDAE, ELEOTRIDAE, BUTIDAE and THALASSELEOTRIDIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 26 July 2017. http://www.etyfish.org/gobiiformes1/. 
  5. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Milyeringa in FishBase. February 2018 version.
  6. 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3616.2.3. PMID 24758799. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5223880 entry