Milyeringa justitia

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: Milyeringa
Species: Milyeringa justitia

Name

Milyeringa justitia Larson et al., 2013

• Holotype: WAM P.33166-001.
• Paratpyes: WAM P.33167-001, P.33137-001, P.33135-001, P.33169-001.

Type locality: Barrow Island, Western Australia, old water supply well, L8, 20°49'2.31"S, 115°23'41.98"E [1].

Etymology: Whitley chose the name veritas for his species because “Truth lies at the bottom of a well” (Whitley 1964). As truth and justice are supposed to go together, the authors named this species justitia, from the Latin for justice, in the hope that justice helps the species to survive on Barrow Island, which has been an oilfield since 1967 and is most recently the site of the Gorgon Gas Hub development.

References

• Larson, H. K., Foster, R., Humphreys, W. F. & Stevens, M. I.; 2013: 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 3616(2): 135–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.2.3 Reference page.