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We all know about the blind cave tetra.

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And most of us know about the blind cave catfish.

http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/content.php?sid=3507

But I know there are MORE blind cave fish! If you know about one, post it here! And a picture or link if possible.
Someday, I want to do a blind cave aquarium with at least three different types of blind cave fish.
 
I have only heard of the blind cave tetra.....I NEED THEM ALL... Cave fishtank anyone? Where can u buy the catfish/barbel fish
 
The issue with other blind cave fish species is that they are endemic to a single cave or few caves. They have slow reproduction rates. Blind cave tetra is a cave form of Mexican Tetra but not enough distant to be a separated species. The blind cave tetra are more recently and not 100% blind since they still have eyes where other cave fish species have isolated for so long time, eventually they lost their eyes.
 
I knew about the first one but not the others they are pretty cool lookn
 
There's a blind cave cichlid in Africa. Not much is really known about it though.

There's actually been some in-depth study on the evolution and structure between the cave-dwelling Lamprologus lethops and its sighted conspecifics.
 
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