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
Cartilaginous fishes[]
- Torpediniformes
- Benthobatis moresbyi
- Typhlonarke aysoni
- Typhlonarke tarakea
Bony fishes[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Astyanax_mexicanus_01.jpg/220px-Astyanax_mexicanus_01.jpg)
Anoptichthys jordani
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/PSM_V57_D061_Three_views_of_amblyopsys.png/220px-PSM_V57_D061_Three_views_of_amblyopsys.png)
Amblyopsis sp.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Cryptopsaras_couesii3.jpg/220px-Cryptopsaras_couesii3.jpg)
Cryptopsaras couesii
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Sciadonus_cryptophthalmus.jpg/220px-Sciadonus_cryptophthalmus.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Typhlonus_nasus.jpg/220px-Typhlonus_nasus.jpg)
Typhlonus nasus
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Juvenile_and_adult_halfblind_goby_%28Lethops_connectens_Hubbs%2C_1926%29.jpg/220px-Juvenile_and_adult_halfblind_goby_%28Lethops_connectens_Hubbs%2C_1926%29.jpg)
Lethops connectens
- Anguilliformes
- Moringuidae
- Moringua abbreviata
- Moringuidae
- Salmoniformes
- Ipnopidae
- Ipnops meadi
- Bathymicrops regis
- Bathymicrops brevianalis
- Ipnopidae
- Characiformes
- Characidae
- Anoptichthys jordani
- Anoptichthys hubbsi
- Stygichthys typhlops
- Characidae
- Cypriniformes
- Cyprinidae
- Caecobarbus geertsii
- Iranocypris typhlops
- Phreatichthys andruzzii
- Typhlogarra widdowsoni
- Puntius microps
- Sinocyclocheilus anophthalmus
- Cobitidae
- Cryptotora thamicola
- Nemacheilus troglocataractus
- Nemacheilus starostini
- Schistura oedipus
- Schistura deansmarti
- Schistura kaysonei
- Oreonectes anophthalmus
- Cyprinidae
- Percopsiformes
- Amblyopsidae
- Amblyopsis rosae
- Amblyopsis spelaea
- Chologaster cornuta
- Forbesichthys agassizii
- Speoplatyrhinus poulsoni
- Typhlichthys subterraneus
- Amblyopsidae
- Siluriformes
- Ictaluridae
- Ameiurus nebulosus
- Prietella phreatophila
- Prietella lundbergi
- Satan eurystomus
- Trichomycteridae
- Pimelodidae
- Clariidae
- Channallabes apus
- Dolichallabes microphthalmus
- Gymnallabes tihoni
- Uegitglanis zammaranoi
- Typhlichthys subterraneus
- Ictaluridae
- Lophiiformes
- Diceratiidae
- Neoceratiidae
- Neoceratias spinifer
- Ceratiidae
- Cryptopsaras couesii
- Ceratias holboelli
- Ophidiiformes
- Aphyonidae
- Bythitidae
- Ogilbia galapagosensis
- Dermatopsis macrodon
- Ophidiidae
- Monothrix polylepis
- Tauredophidium hextii
- Tauredophidium hextii
- Typhlonus nasus
- Synbranchiformes
- Synbranchidae
- Ophisternon candidum
- Macrotrema caligans
- Ophisternon bengalense
- Ophisternon infernale
- Monopterus boueti
- Mastacembelidae
- Synbranchidae
- Perciformes
- Gobiidae
- Lethops connectens
- Luciogobius albus
- Milyeringa veritas
- Typhleotris madagascariensis
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- Brachyamblyopus brachysoma
- Brachyamblyopus intermedius
- Taenioides cirratus
- Trypauchen vagina
- Trypauchen raha
- Paratrypauchen microcephalus
- Pleuronectiformes
- Soleidae
- Gobiidae
- Cetomimiformes
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "How This Cave-Dwelling Fish Lost Its Eyes to Evolution". National Geographic. 2015-09-11. 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[]
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Categories:
- Blind animals
- Fish