Milyeringa brooksi Chakrabarty, 2010
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Milyeringa brooksi is a species of blind cave fish native to Cape Range National Park in Australia. It is only found in around 50 kilometers of subterranean area. It was described to science as a new species in 2010.
Wikipedia contributors, Milyeringa brooksi; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T23:12:58.319071+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Milyeringa brooksi Chakrabarty, 2010
- Name authority
- Chakrabarty, 2010
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Milyeringidae
- Genus
- Milyeringa
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderGobiiformes
- familyMilyeringidae Whitley, 1945
- genusMilyeringa Whitley, 1945
- speciesMilyeringa brooksi Chakrabarty, 2010
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Milyeringa. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Milyeringa justitia Larson & Foster, 2013 | MilyeringidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Milyeringa veritas Whitley, 1945 | MilyeringidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Chakrabarty, P. (2010). Status and phylogeny of Milyeringidae (Teleostei: Gobiiformes), with the description of a new blind cave-fish from Australia, Milyeringa brooksi, n. sp. Zootaxa, 2557. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2557.1.2 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:43DZK. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.