Milyeringa veritas

Blind gudgeon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Eleotridae
Genus: Milyeringa
Species: M. veritas
Binomial name
Milyeringa veritas
Whitley, 1945

Milyeringa veritas, commonly known as the blind gudgeon, is a species of sleeper goby endemic to groundwater and anchialine systems in caves in the Cape Range, Australia. Like other cave-adapted fish, the blind gudgeon is entirely blind and lacks pigmentation. It reaches a standard length of 5 cm (2.0 in).[1] It is listed as vulnerable under the Australian Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.[2]

References

Wikispecies has information related to: Milyeringa veritas
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Milyeringa veritas" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
  2. "Milyeringa veritas — Blind Gudgeon". Department of the Environment. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
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