Oxyeleotris colasi
Pouyaud, Kadarusman and Hadiaty in Pouyaud, Kadarusman, Hadiaty, Slembrouck, Lemauk, Kusumah and Keith 2013
| ORDER | SUB-ORDER | FAMILY |
|---|---|---|
| Gobiiformes | Gobioidei | Butidae |
Synonyms
None.
Country
PNGTypes
Holotype: MZB 20031 40.6mm SL. Paratypes: MNHN 2012-0034 28.8mm - 35.5mm SL, MZB 20032 26.3mm - 43.0mm SL.
Distribution
Known only from the type locality: Jabuenggara Cave on the border of Selewiki Lake, 14 km south of Urisa village, west of Lengguru, Kaimana, West Papur Province, Indonesia. 3°19.414"S, 113°44.798"E.
Systematics
Kuang et al. (2018) used molecular markers to study the internal structure of the Suborder Gobioidei which contains within it eleven Families. They demonstrated that Milyeringidae is sister Family to a group of four Families: Oxudercidae+Gobiidae+Butidae+ Eleotridae and is only disttantly related to four others: Odontobutidae, Rhyacichthyidae, Apogonidae and Kurtidae (samples from Thalasseleotridae and Trichonotidae were not availabe for analysis).
Conservation Status
TLO [VU D2:3.1:2019]
The subterranean karst system is in difficult terrain for mining, oil palm extraction, oil and gas drilling etc. (Helen Larson pers. comm. 12/2019).
Museum Holdings
As above only.
Key References
| Geoffroy, J.-J. | Book Section | 2001 | Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinee |
| Pouyaud, L., Kadarusman, Hadiaty, R.K., Slembrouck, J., Lemauk, N., Kusumah, R.V. and Keith, P. | Journal Article | 2012 | Oxyeleotris colasi (Teleostei: Eleotridae), a new blind cave fish from Lengguru in West Papua, Indonesia |
| Kuang, T., Tornabene, L., Lia, J., Jiang, J., Chakrabarty, P., Sparks, J.S., Naylor, G.J.P. and Lia, C. | Journal Article | 2018 | Phylogenomic analysis on the exceptionally diverse fish clade Gobioidei (Actinopterygii: Gobiiformes) and data-filtering based on molecular clocklikeness |