Caecogobius cryptophthalmus
Caecogobius cryptophthalmus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Oxudercidae |
Subfamily: | Gobionellinae |
Genus: | Caecogobius |
Species: | C. cryptophthalmus
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Binomial name | |
Caecogobius cryptophthalmus & , 1991
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Caecogobius cryptophthalmus is a species of goby that is endemic to underground habitats in Calbiga on the Philippine island of Samar.[1][2] This species is one of two members of the genus Caecogobius (the other is ), which are the only known cavefish in the Philippines.[3] Like other cavefish, C. cryptophthalmus has reduced eyes and pigmentation.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Romero, A., editor (2001). The Biology of Hypogean Fishes, p. 35. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. ISBN 978-1402000768
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Caecogobius cryptophthalmus" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ^ Larson, H.K.; D.E.M. Husana (2019). "A new species of the blind goby Caecogobius (Gobioidei, Gobiidae, Gobionellinae) from a cave system on Mindanao Island, the Philippines". Ichthyological Research. 66 (1): 97–103. doi:10.1007/s10228-018-0659-y.
Categories:
- Cave fish
- Gobionellinae
- Fish described in 1991
- Gobiiformes stubs