Caecogobius cryptophthalmus

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Caecogobius cryptophthalmus is a species of goby that is endemic to underground habitats in Calbiga on the Philippine island of Samar.[1][2] This species is one of two members of the genus Caecogobius (the other is C. personatus).[3] Like other cavefish, C. cryptophthalmus has reduced eyes and pigmentation.[1]

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

As of 2021, this species is one of only three known cavefish in the Philippines, alongside C. personatus and Barbodes pyrpholeos.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.