Blind fish
A blind fish is a fish without functional eyes.[1] Most blind fish species are found in dark habitats such as the deep ocean, deep river channels and underground.[2]
Blind fish species
Agnathans
- Myxine glutinosa
- Myxine circifrons
- Polistotrema stouti
Cartilaginous fishes
- Torpediniformes
- Benthobatis moresbyi
- Typhlonarke aysoni
- Typhlonarke tarakea
Bony fishes
- Anguilliformes
- Salmoniformes
- Ipnopidae
- Ipnops murrayi
- Ipnops agassizi
- Ipnops meadi
- Bathymicrops regis
- Bathymicrops brevianalis
- Bathyphlops sewelli
- Ipnopidae
- Characiformes
- Characidae
- Astyanax jordani
- Anoptichthys antrobius
- Stygichthys typhlops
- Characidae
- Cypriniformes
- Cyprinidae
- Cobitidae
- Cryptotora thamicola
- Nemacheilus troglocataractus
- Nemacheilus starostini
- Schistura spiesi
- Schistura oedipus
- Schistura deansmarti
- Schistura kaysonei
- Oreonectes anophthalmus
- Heminoemacheilus hyalinus
- Percopsiformes
- Siluriformes
- Ictaluridae
- Trichomycteridae
- Cetopsis caecutiens
- Pareiodon microps
- Phreatobius cisternarum
- Phreatobius dracunculus
- Phreatobius sanguijuela
- Pimelodidae
- Caecorhamdia urichi
- Caecorhamdella brasiliensis
- Pimelodella kronei
- Clariidae
- Lophiiformes
- Ophidiiformes
- Aphyonidae
- Aphyonus gelatinosus
- Aphyonus mollis
- Barathronus bicolor
- Barathronus parfaiti
- Barathronus affinis
- Barathronus diaphanus
- Bythitidae
- Ogilbia galapagosensis
- Dermatopsis macrodon
- Dipulus caecus
- Ophidiidae
- Leucicorus lusciosus
- Leucochlamys cryptophthalmus
- Leucochlamys jonassoni
- Lucifuca subterraneus
- Monothrix polylepis
- Sciadonus pedicellaris
- Sciadonus kullenbergi
- Tauredophidium hextii
- Sciadonus cryptophthalmus
- Typhliasina pearsi
- Tauredophidium hextii
- Typhlonus nasus
- Aphyonidae
- Synbranchiformes
- Perciformes
- Gobiidae
- Caragobius urolepis
- Lethops connectens
- Luciogobius albus
- Milyeringa veritas
- Typhleotris madagascariensis
- Caragobius urolepis
- Gobioididae
- Brachyamblyopus brachysoma
- Brachyamblyopus multiradiatus
- Brachyamblyopus coectus
- Brachyamblyopus urolepis
- Brachyamblyopus intermedius
- Taenioides cirratus
- Taenioides eruptionis
- Taenioides anguillaris
- Taenioidesrubicundus
- Trypauchen vagina
- Trypauchen raha
- Trypauchen taenia
- Trypauchenichthys sumatrensis
- Trypauchenichthys typus
- Paratrypauchen microcephalus
- Gobiidae
- Pleuronectiformes
- Cetomimiformes
- Cetominidae
See also
References
- ^ "How This Cave-Dwelling Fish Lost Its Eyes to Evolution". National Geographic. 2015-09-11. Archived from the original on September 14, 2015. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^ Romero, Aldemaro, ed. (2001), The Biology of Hypogean Fishes. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes, Kluwer Academic Publishers, ISBN 978-1402000768
External links
- "Blind Fishes" . The New Student's Reference Work . 1914.
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