Family Amblyopsidae - Cavefishes
  Order
:
Amblyopsidae
  Class
:
Teleostei
No. in FishBase
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Genera : 5 | Species : 7 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
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Fresh : Yes | Brackish : No | Marine : No
  Division
:
Primary freshwater
  Aquarium
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none
  First Fossil Record
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  Remark
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Freshwater; usually cave-dwellers. Distribution: southern and eastern United States. Scales cycloid. Head naked. Eyes small to vestigial. Dorsal fin spines 1-2 or absent; soft rays 7-12. Anal fin spines 1-2 or absent; soft rays 7-11. Usually without pelvic fins; Amblyopsis spelaea has small abdominal pelvic fins with 0-6 rays. Rows of sensory papillae on the head, body, and tail. Vertebrae 27-35. About 9 cm maximum length.
  Etymology
:
Greek, amblys, -eia = soft, weak + Greek, ops = similar to, aspect ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
:
bearers
  Typical activity level
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  Main Ref.
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  Coordinator
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  Deep Fin Classification
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Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Paracanthopterygii | | Percopsaria | | | Percopsiformes | | | Amblyopsidae

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Ref.
[ e.g. 9948]
Glossary
[ e.g. cephalopods]


Species/Synonymy list for the family Amblyopsidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Amblyopsis spelaea DeKay, 1842
acceptedseniororiginal
! Amblyopsis spelaeus DeKay, 1842
synonymseniororiginal
! Amblyopsis spelea DeKay, 1842
synonymseniororiginal
Amblyopsis rosae (Eigenmann, 1898)
acceptedseniornew
Typhlichthys rosae Eigenmann, 1898
synonymseniororiginal
Troglichthys rosae (Eigenmann, 1898)
synonymseniornew
ambiguousotheroriginal
ambiguousotheroriginal
Amblyopsis hoosieri Niemiller, Prejean & Chakrabarty, 2014
acceptedseniororiginal
Chologaster cornuta Agassiz, 1853
acceptedseniororiginal
! Chologaster cornutus Agassiz, 1853
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Typhlichthys osborni Eigenmann, 1905
synonymjuniororiginal
Typhlichthys wyandotte Eigenmann, 1905
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
ambiguousotheroriginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
! Chologaster agassizi Putnam, 1872
synonymseniororiginal
! Forbesella agassizi (Putnam, 1872)
synonymseniornew
! Forbesichthys agassizi (Putnam, 1872)
synonymseniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Speoplatyrhinus poulsoni Cooper & Kuehne, 1974
acceptedseniororiginal
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