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Amblyopsidae
Southern cavefish
Typhlichthys subterraneus
Eyeless and pinkish white body
- Temperate
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- North America
- West Asia
- Elongated
- Small
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
SmallSouthern cavefish is a freshwater fish from North America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 9 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Amblyopsidae
- Genus
- Typhlichthys
- Maximum length
- 9 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- North America: portions of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri and Arkansas, U.S.A.
- Conservation status
- NTNear Threatened
Class
Family
Conservation status
