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

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
Siluriformes
- Ictaluridae
- 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
Ophidiiformes
- Aphyonidae
  - Aphyonus gelatinosus
  - Aphyonus mollis
  - Barathronus bicolor
  - Barathronus parfaiti
  - Barathronus affinis
  - Barathronus diaphanus
- Bythitidae
  - Ogilbia galapagosensis
  - Dermatopsis macrodon
  - Dipulus caecus
- Ophidiidae
  - Leucicorus lusciosus
  - Leucochlamys cryptophthalmus
  - Leucochlamys jonassoni
  - Lucifuca subterraneus
  - Monothrix polylepis
  - Sciadonus pedicellaris
  - Sciadonus kullenbergi
  - Tauredophidium hextii
  - Sciadonus cryptophthalmus
  - Typhliasina pearsi
  - Tauredophidium hextii
  - 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

References

"How This Cave-Dwelling Fish Lost Its Eyes to Evolution". National Geographic. 2015-09-11. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
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.

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[1] "How This Cave-Dwelling Fish Lost Its Eyes to Evolution". National Geographic. 2015-09-11. Retrieved 2018-05-31.

[Romero-2] Romero, Aldemaro, ed. (2001), The Biology of Hypogean Fishes. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes, Kluwer Academic Publishers, ISBN 978-1402000768