Kimberleyeleotris

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Kimberleyeleotris
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Eleotridae
Genus: Kimberleyeleotris
Hoese & G. R. Allen, 1987
Type species
Kimberleyeleotris hutchinsi
Hoese & G. R. Allen, 1987

Kimberleyeleotris was a genus of fishes in the family Eleotridae endemic to Australia, where they were only known from rivers in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, [1] in 2023 the genus was synonymized with Hypseleotris [2] and is no longer considered a valid name.

Species

Kimberleyeleotris contained two recognized species.

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Kimberleyeleotris". FishBase . April 2013 version.
  2. Shelley, James J.; Delaval, Aurélien; Feuvre, Matthew C. LE (2023-06-30). "A revision of the gudgeon genus Hypseleotris (Gobiiformes: Gobioidei: Eleotridae) of northwest Australia, describing three new species and synonymizing the genus Kimberleyeleotris". Zootaxa. 5311 (3): 340–374. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5311.3.2. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   37518639.