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Milyeringa justitia Larson & Foster, 2013 |
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photo by
Larson et al, 2013 |
| Family: | Milyeringidae (Blind cave gudgeons) | |||
| Max. size: | 2.3 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | Oceania: restricted to subterranean aquifers accessed by wells sunk on Barrow Island, Western Australia. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal soft rays (total): 6-6; Anal soft rays: 6-7; Vertebrae: 22-22. First dorsal fin absent (remnant of single pterygiophore present in CT-scanned specimen), 6 segmented second dorsal fin rays; 6-7 segmented anal fin rays; pelvic fin rays I,3; 13-15 caudal fin rays; caudal and pectoral fin rays all unbranched; an almost naked body with greatly reduced scalation (single row of few cycloid scales present), head short with reduced numbers of rows of sensory papillae on the head and body; vertebrae 7-9+13-15 (22 in total), one pre-anal pterygiophore, one epural, last haemal spine broad, split, with sheet of bone joining forks (Ref. 93018). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Critically Endangered (CR); Date assessed: 23 January 2019 (B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||