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| | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite journal | author1 = FishBase team RMCA | author2 = Sparks, J.S. | name-list-style = amp | year = 2016 | title = ''Typhleotris mararybe'' | journal = ] | volume = 2016 | page = e.T57499221A58341136 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T57499221A58341136.en }}</ref> | | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite journal | author1 = FishBase team RMCA | author2 = Sparks, J.S. | name-list-style = amp | year = 2016 | title = ''Typhleotris mararybe'' | journal = ] | volume = 2016 | page = e.T57499221A58341136 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T57499221A58341136.en | doi-access = free }}</ref> | ||
| | taxon = Typhleotris mararybe | | taxon = Typhleotris mararybe | ||
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| ==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| ''Typhleotris mararybe'' is one of four ] in Madagascar. It was initially known from only a single cave, a ] ] called the Grotte de Vitane near ], where two specimens were collected,<ref name=Guardian /> but has later been discovered to occur in four additional sinkholes/caves in the region.<ref name=Rasoloariniaina2016>{{cite journal | |
''Typhleotris mararybe'' is one of four ] in Madagascar. It was initially known from only a single cave, a ] ] called the Grotte de Vitane near ], where two specimens were collected,<ref name=Guardian /> but has later been discovered to occur in four additional sinkholes/caves in the region.<ref name=Rasoloariniaina2016>{{cite journal | vauthors=Rasoloariniaina JR, Ganzhorn JU, Riemann JC, Raminosoa N | year=2016 | title=Water quality and biotic interaction of two cavefish species: Typhleotris madagascariensis Petit, 1933 and Typhleotris mararybe Sparks & Chakrabarty, 2012, in the Mahafaly Plateau groundwater system, Madagascar | journal=Subterranean Biology | volume=18 | pages=1–16 | doi=10.3897/subtbiol.18.8321| doi-access=free | url=https://zenodo.org/records/575602/files/SB_article_8321.pdf }}</ref> It is overall less widespread and common than ''T. madagascariensis'', which also occurs in the five caves/sinkholes inhabited by ''T. mararybe''.<ref name=Rasoloariniaina2016/> Despite this, direct ] between the two species is not known.<ref name=Rasoloariniaina2016/> | ||
| ==Taxonomic evaluation== | ==Taxonomic evaluation== | ||
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Species of fish
| Typhleotris mararybe | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Milyeringidae |
| Genus: | Typhleotris |
| Species: | T. mararybe |
| Binomial name | |
| Typhleotris mararybe Sparks & Chakrabarty, 2012 | |
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. 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.
Description
Typhleotris mararybe is about 38 mm (1.5 in) long. The body is uniformly dark brown in color, and the fins are mostly white with brown bases. Its sensory systems include a series of pores on its head, but it lacks eyes.
The fish is relatively slow-moving, but more responsive to approaching objects than the closely related T. madagascariensis, diving to avoid them. It can be distinguished from other members of genus Typhleotris by its dark pigmentation and aspects of its bone structure. T. mararybe is possibly the sister species of T. madagascariensis, as the two share characteristics in common that T. pauliani, the only other member of the genus, does not. T. mararybe may have evolved from an ancestral species that lacked pigmentation and was blind, but that pigmentation was regained for camouflage in parts of the cave that receive sunlight.
Habitat
Typhleotris mararybe is one of four cave-dwelling fishes in Madagascar. It was initially known from only a single cave, a karst sinkhole called the Grotte de Vitane near Itampolo, where two specimens were collected, but has later been discovered to occur in four additional sinkholes/caves in the region. It is overall less widespread and common than T. madagascariensis, which also occurs in the five caves/sinkholes inhabited by T. mararybe. Despite this, direct competition between the two species is not known.
Taxonomic evaluation
Typhleotris mararybe was described from the two specimens, the holotype and the paratype, in 2012. It was published in American Museum Novitates, a journal of the American Museum of Natural History. Locals sometimes enter the Grotte de Vitane cave where it was first discovered, but were unaware of the species.
The specific name was derived from the Malagasy words marary (ill or sick), and be (big), combined to mean "very sick" or "big sickness". It commemorates an unknown severe illness suffered by members of the field team after their snorkeling expedition to survey the sinkhole.
References
- 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Wheeler, Q. (August 3, 2013). "New to nature no 111: Typhleotris mararybe". The Guardian. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
- ^ Rasoloariniaina JR, Ganzhorn JU, Riemann JC, Raminosoa N (2016). "Water quality and biotic interaction of two cavefish species: Typhleotris madagascariensis Petit, 1933 and Typhleotris mararybe Sparks & Chakrabarty, 2012, in the Mahafaly Plateau groundwater system, Madagascar" (PDF). Subterranean Biology. 18: 1–16. doi:10.3897/subtbiol.18.8321.
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| Typhleotris mararybe | |