Oxyeleotris colasi

Taxonavigation

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: Oxyeleotris
Species: Oxyeleotris colasi

Name

Oxyeleotris colasi Pouyaud et al., 2013

• Holotype: MZB 20031.
• Paratypes: MZB 20032 (4); MNHN 2010-0034 (4).

Type locality: Jabuenggara Cave on the border of Sewiki Lake, 14 km south of Urisa village in Arguni Bay, northern edge of the anticline of Seraran in the limestone karst of Lengguru, Kaimana, West Papua Province, Indonesia, 3°19.424'S, 133°44.798'E [1].

Etymology: The species is named colasi, in honour of the COLAS Companies in Indonesia which sponsored, among others, the Lengguru-Kaimana expedition in October-November 2010.

References

• Pouyaud, L., Kadarusman, Hadiaty, R. K., Slembrouck, J., Lemauk, N., Kusumah, R. V. & Keith, P.; 2013: Oxyeleotris colasi (Teleostei: Eleotridae), a new blind cave fish from Lengguru in West Papua, Indonesia. / Oxyeleotris colasi, une nouvelle espèce de poisson cavernicole de Lengguru en Papouasie occidentale (Teleostei : Eleotridae). Cybium, 36 (4): 521–529.