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<mods:title>A New Genus and Species of Blind Sleeper (Teleostei: Eleotridae) from Oaxaca, Mexico: First Obligate Cave Gobiiform in the Western Hemisphere</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Stephen J. Walsh</mods:namePart>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[103,245,131,153]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">Caecieleotris</emphasis>
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,
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species.—
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<taxonomicName box="[261,467,258,281]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Milyeringidae" genus="Caecieleotris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="morrisi" status="new species">Caecieleotris morrisi</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
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,
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[481,613,258,281]" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" rank="species">new species</taxonomicNameLabel>
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, by monotypy and original designation.
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<subSubSection pageId="2" pageNumber="508" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph blockId="2.[103,774,341,1420]" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">
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<emphasis box="[103,366,341,363]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[103,236,342,363]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">Diagnosis.—</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName box="[237,366,341,363]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Milyeringidae" genus="Caecieleotris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus" status="new genus">Caecieleotris</taxonomicName>
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is a blind, freshwater, hypogean eleotrid that is distinguished from the majority of other sleepers, and all epigean forms in the Western Atlantic, by the absence of eyes and pigmentation.
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<taxonomicName box="[605,738,429,451]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Milyeringidae" genus="Caecieleotris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus" status="new genus">
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<emphasis box="[605,738,429,451]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">Caecieleotris</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is provisionally placed in the
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<taxonomicName box="[421,560,458,481]" class="Actinopteri" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Metazoa" order="Gobiiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" phylum="Chordata" rank="order">Gobiiformes</taxonomicName>
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, family
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<taxonomicName box="[657,769,458,481]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Eleotridae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Eleotridae</taxonomicName>
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, on the basis of a limited number of characters that it shares with other members of the family as currently recognized, e.g., having a mode of six branchiostegals, pelvic fins separated at the base, and procurrent cartilages of the caudal fin elongated posteriorly and extended over the epurals (see Discussion).
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<emphasis box="[257,389,634,656]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">Caecieleotris</emphasis>
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differs from the cave-dwelling
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<emphasis box="[103,388,664,686]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">Bostrychus microphthalmus</emphasis>
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of Sulawesi in the absence of eyes (versus present, minute, covered by skin), complete lack of pigmentation (versus body pale, few melanophores on dorsum), lack of scales on operculum and side of head (versus present), lower lateral scale count (
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<number box="[589,616,782,803]" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" value="32.0">32</number>
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versus
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), fewer transverse scale rows on midside of body (
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<number box="[681,695,810,833]" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" value="6.0">6</number>
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versus
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</paragraph>
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<number box="[122,151,840,862]" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" value="31.0">31</number>
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), and absence of pores associated with the cephalic lateralis system (versus present).
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<taxonomicName box="[478,605,869,891]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Milyeringidae" genus="Caecieleotris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus" status="new genus">
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<emphasis box="[478,605,869,891]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">Caecieleotris</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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can be distinguished from the blind species of
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<emphasis box="[476,588,898,920]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">Oxyeleotris</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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of
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<collectingCountry box="[625,733,898,921]" name="Indonesia" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">Indonesia</collectingCountry>
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(
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<taxonomicName class="Actinopterygii" family="Eleotridae" genus="Oxyeleotris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="colasi">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">O. colasi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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) and
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<collectingCountry box="[230,444,928,951]" name="Papua New Guinea" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">Papua New Guinea</collectingCountry>
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(
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<taxonomicName box="[462,551,929,950]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Eleotridae" genus="Oxyeleotris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="caeca">
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<emphasis box="[462,551,929,950]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">O. caeca</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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) in lacking sensory pores on the head associated with the cephalic lateralis system (versus cephalic sensory pores present, although reduced in comparison to other gobiiform fishes).
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<taxonomicName class="Actinopterygii" family="Milyeringidae" genus="Caecieleotris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus" status="new genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">Caecieleotris</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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can be distinguished from the cave species of
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<emphasis box="[659,772,1045,1067]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">Typhleotris</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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from
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<collectingCountry box="[169,297,1074,1097]" name="Madagascar" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
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(
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<taxonomicName box="[318,530,1074,1096]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Eleotridae" genus="Typhleotris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="madagascariensis">
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<emphasis box="[318,530,1074,1096]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">T. madagascariensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName box="[550,679,1074,1096]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Eleotridae" genus="Typhleotris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mararybe">
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<emphasis box="[550,679,1074,1096]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">T. mararybe</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, and
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<taxonomicName class="Actinopterygii" family="Eleotridae" genus="Typhleotris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pauliani">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">T. pauliani</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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) in having the head asquamate (versus scales extending anteriorly onto the head), squamation absent on the venter (versus fully scaled on the belly as well as laterally below the pectoral fin), scales embedded (especially on anterior half of body) and hard to discern (versus in prominent rows on the surface of the body and head). Species of the western Australian cave-dwelling
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<taxonomicName box="[664,773,1279,1301]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Eleotridae" genus="Milyeringa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[664,773,1279,1301]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">Milyeringa</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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have elements of the first dorsal fin reduced (spines II–IV;
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<taxonomicName class="Actinopterygii" family="Eleotridae" genus="Milyeringa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="veritas">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">M. veritas</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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) to absent (
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<taxonomicName box="[318,429,1339,1360]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Eleotridae" genus="Milyeringa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="justitia">
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<emphasis box="[318,429,1339,1360]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">M. justitia</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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), versus V–VI in
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<taxonomicName box="[638,765,1338,1360]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Milyeringidae" genus="Caecieleotris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus" status="new genus">
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<emphasis box="[638,765,1338,1360]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">Caecieleotris</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. Species of
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<taxonomicName box="[224,333,1367,1389]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Eleotridae" genus="Milyeringa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[224,333,1367,1389]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">Milyeringa</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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also have
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<number box="[460,500,1367,1390]" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" value="4.5" valueMax="5.0" valueMin="4.0">4–5</number>
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total lepidotrichia (first unsegmented) in the pelvic fin versus six in
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<taxonomicName box="[600,727,1397,1419]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Milyeringidae" genus="Caecieleotris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus" status="new genus">
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<emphasis box="[600,727,1397,1419]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">Caecieleotris</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="2" pageNumber="508" type="etymology">
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<paragraph blockId="2.[103,773,1450,1532]" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">
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<emphasis box="[103,300,1450,1472]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[103,244,1450,1472]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">Etymology.—</emphasis>
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Caeci
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</emphasis>
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from the Latin meaning blind, and
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<taxonomicName box="[695,766,1450,1472]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Eleotridae" genus="Eleotris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="515" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[695,766,1450,1472]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">eleotris</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, referring to the common and widespread
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<typeStatus box="[609,657,1480,1501]" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">type</typeStatus>
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genus of
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<taxonomicName box="[103,216,1509,1532]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Eleotridae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Eleotridae</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="2" pageNumber="508" type="discussion">
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<paragraph blockId="2.[103,773,1562,2025]" lastBlockId="2.[820,1490,131,274]" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[103,221,1562,1584]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">Remarks.—</emphasis>
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Discovery of
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<emphasis box="[378,493,1563,1584]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">
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<taxonomicName box="[378,489,1563,1584]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Milyeringidae" genus="Caecieleotris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="morrisi" status="new species">C. morrisi</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[506,645,1562,1585]" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" rank="species">new species</taxonomicNameLabel>
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, represents only the fourth known hypogean species of
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<taxonomicName box="[587,699,1591,1614]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Eleotridae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Eleotridae</taxonomicName>
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, and it appears to be an independent evolutionary derivation given the extremely disjunct geography between it and other cavedwelling eleotrids. Moreover, it differs from extant epigean eleotrids in the Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific (i.e., species of
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<taxonomicName box="[237,353,1739,1760]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Eleotridae" genus="Dormitator" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[237,353,1739,1760]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">Dormitator</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName box="[377,455,1738,1760]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Eleotridae" genus="Eleotris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[377,455,1738,1760]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">Eleotris</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName box="[478,556,1738,1760]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Eleotridae" genus="Erotelis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[478,556,1738,1760]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">Erotelis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName box="[579,707,1738,1760]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Eleotridae" genus="Gobiomorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[579,707,1738,1760]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">Gobiomorus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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, and
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[103,191,1768,1789]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Eleotridae" genus="Guavina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[103,191,1768,1789]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">Guavina</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
) by its pronounced troglomorphic features. The separate pelvic fins and general body shape are characteristic of species of
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[241,350,1826,1849]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Eleotridae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Eleotridae</taxonomicName>
|
||
and readily distinguish
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[612,713,1827,1848]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Milyeringidae" genus="Caecieleotris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="morrisi" status="new species">
|
||
<emphasis box="[612,713,1827,1848]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">C. morrisi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="2" pageNumber="508" rank="species">new species</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
, from the many genera and species of Western Atlantic gobies (see
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Murdy, E. O. & D. F. Hoese" box="[332,607,1884,1907]" editor="K. E. Carpenter" journalOrPublisher="FAO, Rome" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" pagination="1781 - 1796" refString="Murdy, E. O., and D. F. Hoese. 2002. Gobiidae, p. 1781 - 1796: In: The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Volume 3: Bony Fishes Part 2 (Opistognathidae to Molidae). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. K. E. Carpenter (ed.). FAO, Rome." title="Gobiidae" type="book chapter" volumeTitle="The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Volume 3: Bony Fishes Part 2 (Opistognathidae to Molidae). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes" year="2002">
|
||
Murdy and Hoese,
|
||
<number box="[551,607,1885,1907]" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" value="2002.0">2002</number>
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) that occur in proximity to its range, most of which are marine in distribution. In addition to the independently derived Indo-Pacific cave eleotrids, the eleotrid-like
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[621,773,1972,1995]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Milyeringidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Milyeringidae</taxonomicName>
|
||
also includes cave-inhabiting species of the
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[617,719,2002,2025]" name="Madagascar" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">Malagasy</collectingCountry>
|
||
and Australian genera
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[1033,1146,131,153]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Eleotridae" genus="Typhleotris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1033,1146,131,153]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">Typhleotris</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<emphasis box="[1216,1332,131,153]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[1216,1328,131,153]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Eleotridae" genus="Milyeringa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Milyeringa</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
but none of these taxa are considered to be related to
|
||
<emphasis box="[1317,1432,162,183]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="508">
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[1317,1428,162,183]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Milyeringidae" genus="Caecieleotris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="508" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="morrisi" status="new species">C. morrisi</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="2" pageNumber="508" rank="species">new species</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
. All of these cave taxa share certain morphological features but also vary in the degree to which they exhibit extreme troglomorphic features (see Discussion).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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