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Typhlobarbus

Typhlobarbus is a monospecific genus of freshwater, troglobitic ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the carps, barbs and allied fishes. The only species in the genus is Typhlobarbus nudiventris, a species endemic to Jianshui County in Yunnan, China. Like other cavefish, it lacks pigmentation and its eyes are degenerated. It is the only species in its genus. It reaches up to about 4.6 cm (1.8 in) in standard length.

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Typhlobarbus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Cyprininae
Genus: Typhlobarbus
X. L. Chu & Y. R. Chen, 1982
Species:
T. nudiventris
Binomial name
Typhlobarbus nudiventris
X. L. Chu & Y. R. Chen, 1982

Typhlobarbus is a monospecific genus of freshwater, troglobitic ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the carps, barbs and allied fishes.2 The only species in the genus is Typhlobarbus nudiventris, a species endemic to Jianshui County in Yunnan, China.3 Like other cavefish, it lacks pigmentation and its eyes are degenerated. It is the only species in its genus.4 It reaches up to about 4.6 cm (1.8 in) in standard length.35

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  1. Cao, L. & Chen, X.-Y. (2023). "Typhlobarbus nudiventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T22600A219631140. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T22600A219631140.en. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  2. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Cyprininae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  3. Noakes; Aldemaro; Zhao; and Zhou (2009). Chinese Fishes, p. 249. Springer Science & Business Media.
  4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Typhlobarbus nudiventris". FishBase. October 2011 version.
  5. Shan, X., R. Lin, P. Yue and X. Chu (2000). Cyprinidae: Barbinae, pp. 3-170 in: Yue, P. (editor). Fauna Sinica. Osteichthyes. Cypriniformes III. Science Press. ISBN 7030075757.