Milyeringa Explained

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.^{[1] [2]} The generic name is taken from Milyering which is 20miles southwest of Vlamingh Head in the North West Cape of Western Australia, the type locality for Milyeringa veritas.^[3]

Species

The recognized species of this genus are:

• Milyeringa justitia Larson & Foster, 2013 (Barrow cave gudgeon)^[4]
• Milyeringa veritas Whitley, 1945 (blind gudgeon)

Notes and References

1. 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. 10.11646/zootaxa.2557.1.2 .
2. Sparks, J. S. . P. Chakrabarty . amp . 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. 10.1206/3764.2 . 85731146 .
3. Web site: Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . 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 . 21 July 2018.
4. Larson, H.K. . Foster, R. . Humphreys, W.F. . Stevens, M.I. . amp . 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. 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.2.3 . 24758799 . 2440/80787 . free .