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Phreatichthys andruzzii

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Cypriniformes

Scientific name
  
Phreatichthys andruzzii

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Cyprinidae

Higher classification
  
Phreatichthys

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Genus
  
Phreatichthys Vinciguerra, 1924

Similar
  
Cyprinidae, Caecobarbus geertsii, Teleost, Schismatorhynchos

Phreatichthys andruzzii is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is the only species of the genus Phreatichthys, and is endemic to Somalia. This cave-adapted fish is whitish (non-pigmented) and blind. It is considered to have evolved in the cave environment for some two million years. Its name derives from the Greek words phreasatos for spring, and ichthys for fish. It grows to a maximum length of 6.2 centimetres (2.4 in).

This fish is the first animal discovered that does not adjust its biological clock with the light of the Sun. It has an unusual internal clock, which measures the passage of time with an extremely long period (up to 47 hours). It is also completely blind to all light stimuli.

References

Phreatichthys andruzzii Wikipedia


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