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Typhleotris
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Typhleotris

Typhleotris is a genus of cavefish that are endemic to caves in southwestern Madagascar. Although traditionally considered to be sleeper gobies (Eleotridae), studies show that they represent a distinct and far-separated lineage together with the Milyeringa cavefish from Australia, leading some to move them to their own family, Milyeringidae.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Blind Fish

speciesTyphleotris madagascariensis

Typhleotris pauliani

speciesTyphleotris pauliani

Typhleotris mararybe

speciesTyphleotris mararybe

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 92713.