Typhleotris mararybe

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gobioidei 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Gobiaria
Ordo: Gobiiformes
Subordo: Gobioidei

Familia: Milyeringidae
Genus: Typhleotris
Species: Typhleotris mararybe

Name

Typhleotris mararybe Sparks & Chakrabarty, 2012

  • Holotype: AMNH 245601.
  • Paratype: AMNH 245602.

Type locality: Grotte de Vitane (Vitany), sinkhole near Itampolo, coastal plain below and to west of Mahafaly Plateau, southwestern Madagascar, 24°42'07.1"S, 043°57'51.3"E.

Etymology: From the Malagasy marary (= ill or sick), and be (= big), meaning "very sick" or "big sickness" in reference to the strange debilitating viral illness or "sinkhole fever" members of the team that discovered the species contracted after snorkeling in Grotte de Vitane.

References

  • Sparks, J. S. & Chakrabarty, P.; 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.
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