''Milyeringa'' is a genus of blind
cavefish
Cavefish or cave fish is a generic term for fresh and brackish water fish adapted to life in caves and other underground habitats. Related terms are subterranean fish, Troglomorphism, troglomorphic fish, troglobitic fish, stygobitic fish, phreat ...
from the
Cape Range and
Barrow Island, northwestern
Australia
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. Although traditionally considered to belong to the family
Eleotridae
Eleotridae is a family of fish commonly known as sleeper gobies, with about 34 genera and 180 species. Most species are found in the tropical Indo-Pacific region, but there are also species in subtropical and temperate regions, warmer parts of t ...
, studies show that they represent a distinct and far-separated
lineage together with the ''
Typhleotris
''Typhleotris'' is a genus of cavefish that are endemic to caves in southwestern Madagascar. Although traditionally considered to belong to the family Eleotridae, studies show that they represent a distinct and far-separated lineage together wit ...
'' cavefish from Madagascar, leading some to move them to their own family, Milyeringidae.
The
generic name is taken from Milyering which is southwest of
Vlamingh Head in the
North West Cape
North West Cape is a peninsula in the north-west of Western Australia. Cape Range National Park, Cape Range runs down the spine of the peninsula and Ningaloo Reef runs along the western edge. It is in the Gascoyne region and includes the town of ...
of
Western Australia
Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...
, the
type locality for ''Milyeringa veritas''.
Species
The recognized species of this genus are:
* ''
Milyeringa brooksi''
Chakrabarty, 2010[
* '' Milyeringa justitia'' Larson & ]Foster
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, 2013 (Barrow cave gudgeon)
References
Milyeringidae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Ray-finned fish genera
Cave fish
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