Synbranchidae

Blind cave eel

Ophisternon candidum

Pale body in dark caves

• White
• Tropical
• Transcontinental
• Oceania
• Anguilliform
• Medium
• Tropical fish

The blind cave eel (Ophisternon candidum) is a species of cavefish in the family Synbranchidae. It is the longest cavefish in Australia (up to 40 cm (16 in)) and one of the only three vertebrates in Australia that is restricted to underground waters, the other being the blind gudgeon (Milyeringa veritas) and the Barrow cave gudgeon (Milyeringa justitia). It is blind, its body is eel-like and elongated, and it has a non-pigmented skin with colours ranging from white to pink.