Milyeringa justitia

Taxonavigation

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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

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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

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  • 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