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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 ...
Astyanax jordani is a freshwater fish of the characin family (family Characidae) of order Characiformes, native to Mexico. [3][4] It is sometimes called the cave tetra, or by its local Spanish name sardina ciega. A blind cave fish, A. jordani is very closely related to the Mexican tetra (A. mexicanus) and their taxonomy is disputed.
Poecilurichthys Gill, 1858. Psalidodon Eigenmann, 1911. Zygogaster Eigenmann, 1913. Astyanax is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Characidae of the order Characiformes. Some of these fish, like many of their relatives, are kept as aquarium pets and known collectively as tetras. With around 150 described species and new ones being ...
Cavefish or cave fish is a generic term for fresh and brackish water fish adapted to life in caves and other underground habitats. Related terms are subterranean fish, troglomorphic fish, troglobitic fish, stygobitic fish, phreatic fish, and hypogean fish. [1][page needed][2] There are more than 200 scientifically described species of obligate ...
Astyanax aeneus. Astyanax aeneus, the banded tetra, is a small species of fish native to southern Central America and northern South America. It can be found in a variety of environments, including lakes, rivers, ponds, and slightly brackish locales like lagoons. As well as a varied habitat, it has a varied omnivorous diet: algae, seeds, leaves ...
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Blind tetra is a common name for several cave dwelling fishes and may refer to: Astyanax mexicanus, native to Texas and Mexico. Stygichthys typhlops, native to Brazil. Categories: Set index articles on animal common names.
Stygichthys typhlops, the blind tetra or Brazilian blind characid, is a species of fish in the family Characidae and the only member of the genus Stygichthys. It is endemic to caves in northern Minas Gerais, Brazil. [2] Like other cave-adapted fish (e.g. the cave form of the Mexican tetra), the Brazilian blind characid is blind and lacks ...