Typhleotris mararybe

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gobioidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata 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. [1]

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.