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

Volumn 3616, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 135-150

  Larson, Helen K ^a   Foster, Ralph ^b   Humphreys, William F ^c,d   Stevens, Mark I ^b,e  

^a Museum and Art Gallery Northern Territory   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caves; Eleotridae; Milyeringa; New species; Stygofauna; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

FISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAVE; CLASSIFICATION; FISH; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; CAVES; FISH PROTEINS; FISHES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ELEOTRIDAE; GOBIO; GOBIOIDEI; JUSTITIA; MILYERINGA; MILYERINGA VERITAS; PISCES;

EID: 84878739896     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.2.3     Document Type: Article

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