Milyeringa | |
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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 from the Cape Range and Barrow Island, northwestern Australia. Although traditionally considered to be sleeper gobies (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.
The recognized species of this genus are: