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Cavefish. Garra andruzzii showing the pale colour and lack of eyes typical of cavefish. The large red spot on the head is the blood-filled gills, visible through the semi-transparent gill cover. Cavefish or cave fish is a generic term for fresh and brackish water fish adapted to life in caves and other underground habitats.
Amblyopsidae. The Amblyopsidae are a fish family commonly referred to as cavefish, blindfish, or swampfish. They are small freshwater fish found in the dark environments of caves (underground lakes, pools, rivers and streams), springs and swamps in the eastern half of the United States. Like other troglobites, most amblyopsids exhibit ...
The Mexican tetra (Astyanax mexicanus), also known as the blind cave fish, blind cave characin or the blind cave tetra, is a freshwater fish in the Characidae family (tetras and relatives) of the order Characiformes. [4][5] The type species of its genus, it is native to the Nearctic realm, originating in the lower Rio Grande, and the Neueces ...
Neolissochilus. Species: N. pnar. Binomial name. Neolissochilus pnar. Dahanukar, Sundar, Rangad, Proudlove & Raghavan, 2023. Neolissochilus pnar is a species of subterranean cyprinid in the genus Neolissochilus. It is the largest known subterranean fish, a title formerly held by the blind cave eel. [1]
Waterfall climbing cave fish; Widemouth blindcat; Y. Yunnanilus bailianensis This page was last edited on 19 May 2020, at 19:21 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
The spring cavefish inhabits caves, springs, spring runs, and spring seeps. It is subterranean, emerging at dusk and retreating underground an hour or two before dawn. The species is located within areas of the central and southeastern United States. It stays underground after dawn, but then emerges into surface waters at dusk.
Stygofauna are any fauna that live in groundwater systems or aquifers, such as caves, fissures and vugs. Stygofauna and troglofauna are the two types of subterranean fauna (based on life-history). Both are associated with subterranean environments – stygofauna are associated with water, and troglofauna with caves and spaces above the water table.
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 ...