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Somalian blind barb
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Barbopsis
di Caporiacco, 1926
Species: B. devecchii
Binomial name
Barbopsis devecchii
di Caporiacco, 1926
Synonyms
  • Barbopsis devecchi Di Caporiacco, 1926
  • Barbopsis stefaninii Gianferrari, 1930
  • Eilichthys microphthalmus Pellegrin, 1929

The Somalian blind barb (Barbopsis devecchii) is a ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae. It is the only member of the genus Barbopsis. This troglobitic fish is found only in Somalia.

There are two other cavefish species in Somalia: the cyprinid Phreatichthys andruzzii and the catfish Uegitglanis zammaranoi.

References

  1. ^ Getahun, A. (2010). "Barbopsis devecchii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T182217A7833713. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182217A7833713.en. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  2. Romero, A., editor (2001). The Biology of Hypogean Fishes. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. ISBN 978-1402000768
Taxon identifiers
Barbopsis
Barbopsis devecchii


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