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Blind fish

A blind fish is a fish without functional eyes. Most blind fish species are found in dark habitats such as the deep ocean, deep river channels and underground.

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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

Cartilaginous fishes

Bony fishes

Astyanax jordani source ↗
Amblyopsis sp. source ↗
Bufoceratias wedli source ↗
Cryptopsaras couesii source ↗
Aphyonus gelatinosus source ↗
Sciadonus cryptophthalmus source ↗
Typhlonus nasus source ↗
Lethops connectens source ↗
Typhleotris madagascariensis source ↗
Trypauchen vagina source ↗
Ditropichthys storeri source ↗
See also

See also

References

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
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