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Typhleotris

Typhleotris
Typhleotris madgascarensis.jpg
Typhleotris madgascarensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Eleotridae
Genus: Typhleotris
Petit, 1933
Type species
Typhleotris madagascariensis
Petit, 1933

Typhleotris is a genus of cavefish that are endemic to caves in southwestern Madagascar. Although traditionally considered to be sleeper gobies (Eleotridae), studies show that they represent a distinct and far-separated lineage together with the Milyeringa cavefish from Australia, leading some to move them to their own family, Milyeringidae.

The recognized species in this genus are:


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