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

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Cartilaginous fishes

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Bony fishes

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

See also

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References

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  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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