Scientific name Stygichthys typhlops Higher classification Stygichthys | Phylum Chordata Rank Species | |
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Genus StygichthysBrittan & J. E. Böhlke, 1965 Similar Characidae, Characiformes, Deuterodon, Kauaʻi cave wolf, Leptodirus | ||
Stygichthys typhlops, the blind tetra or Brazilian blind characid, is a species of fish in the Characidae family and the only member of the genus Stygichthys. It is endemic to caves in northern Minas Gerais, Brazil. Like other cave-adapted fish (e.g. the cave form of the Mexican tetra), the Brazilian blind characid is blind and lacks pigmentation.
Initially only known from a specimen collected in 1962, it has recently been rediscovered by researchers led by the ichthyologist Dr Cristiano Moreira from the University of São Paulo.
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