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Stygichthys

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Stygichthys typhlops

Higher classification
  
Stygichthys

Order
  
Characiformes

Family
  
Characidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

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Genus
  
Stygichthys Brittan & 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.

References

Stygichthys Wikipedia