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Stygichthys (Cavefish)

Wikipedia Abstract

Stygichthys typhlops, the blind tetra or Brazilian blind characid, is a species of fish in the Characidae family and the only member of the genus Stygichthys. It is endemic to caves in northern Minas Gerais, Brazil. Like other cave-adapted fish (e.g. the cave form of the Mexican tetra), the Brazilian blind characid is blind and lacks pigmentation. Initially only known from a specimen collected in 1962, it has recently been rediscovered by researchers led by the ichthyologist Dr Cristiano Moreira from the University of São Paulo.
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Species

Stygichthys typhlops (Blind characin) (Endangered)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0