Animalia > Chordata > Synbranchiformes > Synbranchidae > Ophisternon > Ophisternon candidum

Ophisternon candidum (Blind freshwater eel; Blind cave eel)

Synonyms: Annomatophasma candidum; Anommatophasma candidum
Language: Danish; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

The blind cave eel (Ophisternon candidum) is a species of fish in the Synbranchidae family. It is endemic to subterranean waters in the Cape Range, Australia. Like other cave adapted fish such as Milyeringa (the only other vertebrates restricted to subterranean waters in Australia), the blind cave eel is entirely blind and lacks pigmentation. It is listed as vulnerable under the Australian Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. Reaching a length of 40 cm (16 in), it is the longest known cavefish. In its history of being listed by the IUCN since 1988, it has not been well known hence the Data Deficient status.
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Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Potamodromous

Prey / Diet

Halosbaena tulki[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
2Food of the blind cave fishes of northwestern Australia, W.F. Humphreys and M.N. Feinberg, Records of the Western Australian Museum 17: 29-33 (1995)
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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