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Caecogobius cryptophthalmus

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Species of fish

Caecogobius cryptophthalmus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Subfamily: Gobionellinae
Genus: Caecogobius
Species: C. cryptophthalmus
Binomial name
Caecogobius cryptophthalmus
Berti & Ercolini, 1991

Caecogobius cryptophthalmus is a species of goby that is endemic to underground habitats in Calbiga on the Philippine island of Samar. This species is one of two members of the genus Caecogobius (the other is C. personatus). Like other cavefish, C. cryptophthalmus has reduced eyes and pigmentation.

As of 2021, this species is one of only three known cavefish in the Philippines, alongside C. personatus and Barbodes pyrpholeos.

References

  1. ^ Romero, A., editor (2001). The Biology of Hypogean Fishes, p. 35. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. ISBN 978-1402000768
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Caecogobius cryptophthalmus". FishBase. June 2013 version.
  3. Larson, H.K.; D.E.M. Husana (2019). "A new species of the blind goby Caecogobius (Gobioidei, Gobiidae, Gobionellinae) from a cave system on Mindanao Island, the Philippines". Ichthyological Research. 66 (1): 97–103. doi:10.1007/s10228-018-0659-y.
  4. Tan, Heok Hui; Husana, Daniel Edison M. (2021). "Barbodes pyrpholeos, new species, the first cave-dwelling cyprinid fish in the Philippines, with redescription of B. montanoi (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 69: 309323. doi:10.26107/RBZ-2021-0054. ISSN 0217-2445.
Taxon identifiers
Caecogobius cryptophthalmus


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