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[]

Anoptichthys jordani

Amblyopsis sp.

Bufoceratias wedli

Cryptopsaras couesii

Aphyonus gelatinosus

Typhlonus nasus

Lethops connectens

Typhleotris madagascariensis

Trypauchen vagina

Ditropichthys storeri

Anguilliformes
- Moringuidae
  - Moringua abbreviata
Salmoniformes
- Ipnopidae
  - Ipnops meadi
  - Bathymicrops regis
  - Bathymicrops brevianalis
Characiformes
- Characidae
  - Anoptichthys jordani
  - Anoptichthys hubbsi
  - Stygichthys typhlops
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
Percopsiformes
- Amblyopsidae
  - Amblyopsis rosae
  - Amblyopsis spelaea
  - Chologaster cornuta
  - Forbesichthys agassizii
  - Speoplatyrhinus poulsoni
  - Typhlichthys subterraneus
Siluriformes
- Ictaluridae
  - Ameiurus nebulosus
  - Prietella phreatophila
  - Prietella lundbergi
  - Satan eurystomus
- Trichomycteridae
- Pimelodidae
- Clariidae
  - Channallabes apus
  - Dolichallabes microphthalmus
  - Gymnallabes tihoni
  - Uegitglanis zammaranoi
  - Typhlichthys subterraneus
Lophiiformes
- Diceratiidae
  - Bufoceratias wedli
- 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
Perciformes
- Gobiidae
  - Lethops connectens
  - Luciogobius albus
  - Milyeringa veritas
  - Typhleotris madagascariensis
- - Brachyamblyopus brachysoma
  - Brachyamblyopus intermedius
  - Taenioides cirratus
  - Trypauchen vagina
  - Trypauchen raha
  - Paratrypauchen microcephalus
- Pleuronectiformes
- Soleidae
  - Typhlachirus caecus
Cetomimiformes
- - Ditropichthys storeri

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[]

"Blind Fishes" . The New Student's Reference Work . 1914.

[1] "How This Cave-Dwelling Fish Lost Its Eyes to Evolution". National Geographic. 2015-09-11. Retrieved 2018-05-31.

[Romero-2] Romero, Aldemaro, ed. (2001), The Biology of Hypogean Fishes. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes, Kluwer Academic Publishers, ISBN 978-1402000768

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