Blind goby

blind goby
Heads of juvenile (top) and adult (bottom)
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Oxudercidae
Genus:	Typhlogobius Steindachner, 1879
Species:	T. californiensis
Binomial name
Typhlogobius californiensis Steindachner, 1879
Synonyms
Othonops eos R. Smith, 1881

The blind goby (Typhlogobius californiensis) is a species of fish in the goby family Oxudercidae, the only species in the genus Typhlogobius. It is native to the coastlines of southern California in the United States and Baja California in Mexico, where it commonly inhabits the burrows of shrimp of the genus Callianassa . The adult of the species is completely blind and lacks pigmentation, while the juvenile has rudimentary eyes that help it find the shrimp burrows. ^{[2] [3]} This species can reach a length of 8.3 centimetres (3.3 in) TL. ^[4]

See also

• Halfblind goby
• Blind fish

References

1. Tornabene, L.; Robertson, R.; Van Tassell, J.; Domínguez, O. (2025). "Typhlogobius californiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2025: e.T241152418A241152420. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
2. H. Ahnelt & G. Scattolin (2003). "The lateral line system of a blind goby, Typhlogobius californiensis Steindachner, 1879 (Teleostei: Gobiidae)" (PDF). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 104 (B): 11–25.
3. G. E. MacGinitie (1939). "The Natural History of the blind goby, Typhlogobius californiensis Steindachner" (PDF). The American Midland Naturalist. 21 (2): 489–505. doi:10.2307/2420551.
4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Typhlogobius californiensis". FishBase . June 2013 version.