Metadata

Caecieleotris morrisi

Walsh and Chakrabarty 2016

Caecieleotris morrisi
Head in lateral view. Illustration by Steve Walsh from Walsh and Chakrabarty (2016)
ORDERSUB-ORDERFAMILY
GobiiformesGobioideiEleotrididae

Synonyms

None.

Country

Mexico

Types

Holotype: CNPE-IBUNAM 19073 (ex. UF 101173) 34.1mm SL. Paratypes: LSUMZ 17726 (ex. UF 101173) 28.0mm SL, UF 101173 (9 specimens) 11.6mm - 31.6mm SL, UMMZ 231174 19.3mm SL and 29.9mm SL.

Genus Zoobank registered.

Species Zoobank registered.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality: an unexplored phreatic cave below Presa Miguel Alemán reservoir, Oaxaca, Mexico. (18°11'22.58"N, 96°36'56.02"W).

Habitat

No details are known of the true habitat.

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

MG TLO [NE]

Museum Holdings

As above only.

Key References

Palacios-Vargas, J.G., Juberthie, C. and Reddell, J. Book 2014-2015 Encyclopaedia Biospeologica Mexico
Walsh, S.J. and Chakrabarty, P. Journal Article 2016 A new genus and species of blind sleeper (Teleostei: Eleotridae) from Oaxaca, Mexico: First obligate cave Gobiiform in the western hemisphere
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