Milyeringidae, the blind cave gobies, is a small family of gobies, in the order Gobiiformes.[2] There are two genera and six species within the family, which is considered to be a subfamily of the Eleotridae by some authorities.[3] Milyeringidae includes one genus (Milyeringa) restricted to caves in the North West Cape region of Australia and the other (Typhleotris) to underground water systems in Madagascar. They are all troglobitic species and have lost their eyes.[4]
| Milyeringidae | |
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| Typhleotris madgascarensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Milyeringidae Whitley, 1945[1] |
Genera edit
The two genera in the family are:[5]
- Milyeringa Whitley, 1945
- Typhleotris Petit, 1933
References edit
- ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
- ^ Nelson, JS; Grande, TC & Wilson, MVH (2016). "Classification of fishes from Fishes of the World 5th Edition" (PDF). Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2018). "Eleotridae" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (26 July 2017). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Families RHYACICHTHYIDAE, ODONTOBUTIDAE, MILYERINGIDAE, ELEOTRIDAE, BUTIDAE and THALASSELEOTRIDIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ Bailly N, ed. (2015). "Milyeringinae Whitley, 1945". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 20 July 2018.