Caecieleotris

Taxonavigation: Eleotroidei

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: Eleotroidei

Familia: Eleotridae
Genus: Caecieleotris

Species: C. morrisi

Name

Caecieleotris Walsh & Chakrabarty, 2016

• Type species: Caecieleotris morrisi Walsh & Chakrabarty, 2016

Etymology: Caeci from the Latin meaning blind, and eleotris, referring to the common and widespread type genus of Eleotridae.

References

• Walsh, S.J. & Chakrabarty, P. 2016. A New Genus and Species of Blind Sleeper (Teleostei: Eleotridae) from Oaxaca, Mexico: First Obligate Cave Gobiiform in the Western Hemisphere. Copeia 104(2): 506-517. DOI: 10.1643/CI-15-275 Reference page.