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Common names: Southern cavefish
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: occasional (usually not seen) | Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Discontinous distribution: west of Mississippi River in Ozark Plateau of southern Missouri and northeast Arkansas; east of Mississippi in Cumberland and Interior Low plateaus from southern Indiana to northwestern Georgia and northern Alabama (Ref 5723). Also Ref. 10294. Status of threat: vulnerable. Criteria: 1 (http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/afs/) (Ref. 81264).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
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Common names from other countries

Ebasilmkala, Südlicher Höhlenfisch, 南方盲鮰鲈, ... more

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> Percopsiformes (Trout-perches, pirate perches and cavefishes) > Amblyopsidae (Cavefishes)
Etymology: Typhlichthys: Greek, typhlops = blind + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335); subterraneus: subterraneus meaning beneath the earth (Ref. 10294).
More on author: Girard.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

; sötvatten bottenlevande. Temperate; 39°N - 34°N

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North America: portions of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri and Arkansas, U.S.A.

Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 10294); common length : 5.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 12193); rapporterad maxålder: 4 år (Ref. 10294)

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Mjukstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 7 - 10; Mjukstrålar i analfenan: 7 - 10; Ryggkotor: 28 - 29. Pink-white. No eyes (vestigial eye tissues under skin). Large, broad head. Caudal fin with 0-2 rows of papillae (Ref. 5723) and a vertical basal row (Ref. 10294); 10-15 branched caudal rays (Ref. 5723).

Adults inhabit subterranean water (Ref. 5723). Found in caves which are near the water table and are therefore more uniform than other amblyopsid caves (Ref. 34868). Feed mainly on copepods, amphipods and isopods (Ref. 10294). Eggs are carried in gill chambers of females (Ref. 205).

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Incubates eggs in gill chamber of females (Ref. 205). Fecundity is very low, perhaps fewer that 50 ova per female (Ref. 10294).

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Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Near Threatened (NT) ; Date assessed: 07 August 2012

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 1.0088 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278): 3.3 ±0.37 se; based on food items.

Resiliens (Ref. 120179): Mellan, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 1,4-4,4 år (K=0.43; tm=2; tmax=4).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (28 of 100).

Typhlichthys subterraneus Girard, 1859