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
• Myxine circifrons
• Polistotrema stouti

Cartilaginous fishes

• Torpediniformes
  • Benthobatis moresbyi
  • Typhlonarke aysoni
  • Typhlonarke tarakea

Bony fishes

Astyanax jordani

Amblyopsis sp.

Bufoceratias wedli

Cryptopsaras couesii

Aphyonus gelatinosus

Sciadonus cryptophthalmus

Typhlonus nasus

Lethops connectens

Typhleotris madagascariensis

Trypauchen vagina

Ditropichthys storeri

• Anguilliformes
  • Moringuidae
    • Moringua abbreviata
• Salmoniformes
  • Ipnopidae
    • Ipnops murrayi
    • Ipnops agassizi
    • Ipnops meadi
    • Bathymicrops regis
    • Bathymicrops brevianalis
    • Bathyphlops sewelli
• Characiformes
  • Characidae
    • Astyanax jordani
    • Anoptichthys antrobius
    • Stygichthys typhlops
• Cypriniformes
  • Cyprinidae
    • Caecobarbus geertsii
    • Barbopsis devecchii
    • Iranocypris typhlops
    • Phreatichthys andruzzii
    • Typhlogarra widdowsoni
    • Puntius microps
    • Sinocyclocheilus anophthalmus
  • Cobitidae
    • Cryptotora thamicola
    • Nemacheilus troglocataractus
    • Nemacheilus starostini
    • Schistura spiesi
    • Schistura oedipus
    • Schistura deansmarti
    • Schistura kaysonei
    • Oreonectes anophthalmus
    • Heminoemacheilus hyalinus
• Percopsiformes
  • Amblyopsidae
    • Amblyopsis rosae
    • Amblyopsis spelaea
    • Chologaster cornuta
    • Forbesichthys agassizii
    • Speoplatyrhinus poulsoni
    • Typhlichthys subterraneus
• Siluriformes
  • Ictaluridae
    • Prietella phreatophila
    • Prietella lundbergi
    • Satan eurystomus
    • Trogloglanis pattersoni
  • Trichomycteridae
    • Cetopsis caecutiens
    • Pareiodon microps
    • Phreatobius cisternarum
    • Phreatobius dracunculus
    • Phreatobius sanguijuela
  • Pimelodidae
    • Caecorhamdia urichi
    • Caecorhamdella brasiliensis
    • Pimelodella kronei
  • Clariidae
    • Channallabes apus
    • Dolichallabes microphthalmus
    • Gymnallabes tihoni
    • Horaglanis krishnai
    • Uegitglanis zammaranoi
    • Typhlichthys subterraneus
• Lophiiformes
  • Diceratiidae
    • Bufoceratias wedli
  • Neoceratiidae
    • Neoceratias spinifer
  • Ceratiidae
    • Cryptopsaras couesii
    • Ceratias holboelli
• Ophidiiformes
  • Aphyonidae
    • Aphyonus gelatinosus
    • Aphyonus mollis
    • Barathronus bicolor
    • Barathronus parfaiti
    • Barathronus affinis
    • Barathronus diaphanus
    • Meteoria erythrops
  • Bythitidae
    • Ogilbia galapagosensis
    • Dermatopsis macrodon
    • Dipulus caecus
  • Ophidiidae
    • Acanthonus hextii
    • Leucicorus lusciosus
    • Leucochlamys cryptophthalmus
    • Leucochlamys jonassoni
    • Lucifuca subterraneus
    • Monothrix polylepis
    • Sciadonus pedicellaris
    • Sciadonus kullenbergi
    • Sciadonus cryptophthalmus
    • Typhliasina pearsi
    • Typhlonus nasus
• Synbranchiformes
  • Synbranchidae
    • Ophisternon candidum
    • Macrotrema caligans
    • Ophisternon bengalense
    • Ophisternon infernale
    • Monopterus boueti
  • Mastacembelidae
    • Mastacembelus brichardi
• Perciformes
  • Gobiidae
    • Caragobius urolepis
    • Lethops connectens
    • Luciogobius albus
    • Milyeringa veritas
    • Typhleotris madagascariensis
    • Caragobius urolepis
  • Gobioididae
    • Brachyamblyopus brachysoma
    • Brachyamblyopus multiradiatus
    • Brachyamblyopus coectus
    • Brachyamblyopus urolepis
    • Brachyamblyopus intermedius
    • Taenioides cirratus
    • Taenioides eruptionis
    • Taenioides anguillaris
    • Taenioidesrubicundus
    • Trypauchen vagina
    • Trypauchen raha
    • Trypauchen taenia
    • Trypauchenichthys sumatrensis
    • Trypauchenichthys typus
    • Paratrypauchen microcephalus
• Pleuronectiformes
  • Soleidae
    • Typhlachirus caecus
• Cetomimiformes
  • Cetominidae
    • Ditropichthys storeri

See also

• Troglofauna

References

1. "How This Cave-Dwelling Fish Lost Its Eyes to Evolution". National Geographic. 2015-09-11. Archived from the original on September 14, 2015. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
2. 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.