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Cavefish or cave fish is a generic term for fresh and brackish water fish adapted to life in caves and other underground habitats. Related terms are subterranean fish, troglomorphic fish, troglobitic fish, stygobitic fish, phreatic fish, and hypogean fish.
11 wrz 2015 · Few animals have ignored the warning “use it or lose it” as spectacularly as the Mexican blind cavefish (Astyanax mexicanus), which no longer has eyes. Now scientists may have solved the ...
22 sty 2018 · The most extreme of them, the obligatory cave-dwelling fish that spend their entire life in caves, are the subject of this primer. At present, over 200 such cavefish species have been described, and all of them have evolved independently from surface ancestors.
cave fish, any of the pale, blind, cave-dwelling fishes of the genera Amblyopsis and Typhlichthys, family Amblyopsidae. Cave fishes are small, growing to about 10 cm (4 inches) long, and are found in fresh water in dark limestone caves of the United States.
16 lip 2023 · The Mexican blind cavefish (Astyanax mexicanus) live in a complex of over 30 isolated caves, within which they have each independently adapted to the dark. Their bodies are extra sensitive to vibrations, allowing them to sense changes in water currents for navigation in compensation for their limited or complete lack of sight.
11 lip 2023 · As of April 2023, 299 species of cave and groundwater fishes have been documented (https://cavefishes.org.uk), with many more waiting to be discovered. Despite this remarkable breadth of...
12 lut 2020 · Biologist Daniel Harries holds one of the newfound cave fish, the world’s largest, in Um Ladaw Cave, in the Meghalaya state of northeast India.
