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

Torpinidae
- Benthobatis moresbyi
- Typhlonarke aysoni
- Typhlonarke tarakea

Bony fishes

Anoptichthys 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
  - Anoptichthys jordani
  - Anoptichthys hubbsi
  - Anoptichthys antrobius
  - Stygichthys typhlops
Cypriniformes
- Cyprinidae
  - Caecobarbus geertsii
  - Barbopsis devecchii
  - Iranocypris typhlops
  - Phreatichthys andruzzii
  - Typhlogarra widdowsoni
  - Puntius microps
- 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
  - Ameiurus nebulosus
  - Prietella phreatophila
  - Prietella lundbergi
  - Satan eurystomus
- Trichomycteridae
  - Cetopsis caecutiens
  - Phreatobius cisternarum
  - Pareiodon microps
  - Phreatobius sanguijuela
  - Phreatobius dracunculus
- 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
- 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

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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 Students 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