Oaxaca cave sleeper
| Caecieleotris morrisi | |
|---|---|
| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Eleotridae |
| Subfamily: | Butinae |
| Genus: | Caecieleotris S. J. Walsh & Chakrabarty, 2016 [1] |
| Species: | C. morrisi |
| Binomial name | |
| Caecieleotris morrisi S. J. Walsh & Chakrabarty, 2016 | |
Caecieleotris morrisi, also known as the Oaxaca cave sleeper is a species of troglobitic fish in the family Eleotridae found in a single cave system beneath Presa Miguel Alemán reservoir, northern State of Oaxaca in Mexico. This species is the only member of its genus.[1]
References
- 1 2 Walsh, S.J. & Chakrabarty, P. (2016). "A New Genus and Species of Blind Sleeper (Teleostei: Eleotridae) from Oaxaca, Mexico: First Obligate Cave Gobiiform in the Western Hemisphere" (PDF). Copeia,. 104 (2): 506–517.
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