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Cyprinidae
Cave Brook Carp
Neolissochilus subterraneus
Twenty Two Point Five Centimeters Carp
Neolissochilus subterraneus, commonly known as the cave brook carp, is a species of cyprinid cavefish that is endemic to the Tham Phra Wang Daeng cave within Thung Salaeng Luang National Park, Phitsanulok Province in Thailand. The genus name derives from the Greek words "neos", "lissos", and "cheilos"; they mean new, smooth, and lip respectively.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Neolissochilus
- Maximum length
- 22.5 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Asia: Tham Phra Wang Daeng cave in Thailand.
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable

