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)) [ 2 ] 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 ...

Mar 25, 2022 · With around a third of freshwater fish facing extinction, ichthyologists are racing to discover more—including the 200 species found last year—before they disappear. Mumbai blind eel...

May 18, 2023 · Scientists exploring underwater caves have discovered a new species of moray eel that appears to be adapting to its unique habitat—by losing its eyes. Some specimens of Uropterygius cyamommatus have left eyes covered by skin, whereas others retain eyes on both sides of their heads.

The blind cave eel lives in a total darkness environment in underground waters disconnecting from the surface seawater. They typically live in caves and burrow into sediments. Their feeding include crustaceans, cave substrate organisms, and …

The blind swamp eel (Ophisternon infernale) is a species of fish in the family Synbranchidae. It is endemic to Mexico where it lives in cave systems and is known in Spanish as the anguila ciega. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated this cavefish as "endangered". [1]

Ophisternon is a genus of swamp eels found in fresh and brackish waters in South and Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Middle America and West Africa. [3] Two species are blind cave-dwellers. [4]

Aug 30, 2021 · The blind cave eel is a species belonging to the Synbranchidae family. It is endemic to subterranean waters in the coastal regions of Western Australia besides them, the only other vertebrates and cavefish restricted to subterranean waters …

A remarkable blind eel-like fish adapted to life in the total darkness of underground aquifers on the Cape Range Peninsula, northwest Western Australia. Identifying features: body pinkish to whitish. eel-like, very long and slender, eyes and fins absent.

The blind cave eel (Ophisternon candidum) is a species of fish in the family Synbranchidae. It is endemic to subterranean waters in the Cape Range, Australia. Like other cavefish such as Milyeringa (the only other vertebrates restricted to subterranean waters in Australia), the blind cave eel is entirely blind and lacks pigmentation.

Inhabit dark subterranean waters beneath coastal limestone, occasionally sighted in wells. Burrow into soft bottom sediments. Water is brackish and under tidal influence. Can adapt to living in a lightless environment (Ref. 44894).