| Typhleotris mararybe | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Milyeringidae |
| Genus: | Typhleotris |
| Species: | T. mararybe
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| Binomial name | |
| Typhleotris mararybe Sparks & Chakrabarty, 2012
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Typhleotris mararybe is a critically endangered species of fish in the family Milyeringidae, the blind cave gobies. It is a troglobitic species endemic to cave habitat in southwestern Madagascar. It is unique among known cave-dwelling fish in that is both blind and darkly pigmented.[2] It has well-developed nonvisual sensory systems and dives to avoid approaching objects. The fish was first collected in 2008 and was described to science as a new species in 2012.[2]
- ^ FishBase team RMCA & Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Typhleotris mararybe". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T57499221A58341136. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T57499221A58341136.en.
- ^ a b Sparks, J. S. and P. Chakrabarty. (2012). Revision of the endemic Malagasy cavefish genus Typhleotris (Teleostei: Gobiiformes: Milyeringidae), with discussion of its phylogenetic placement and description of a new species. American Museum Novitates 3764, 1-28.