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 | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Oxudercidae |
| Subfamily: | Gobionellinae |
| Genus: | Caecogobius |
| Species: | C. cryptophthalmus
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| Binomial name | |
| Caecogobius cryptophthalmus | |
As of 2021, this species is one of only three known cavefish in the Philippines, alongside C. personatus and Barbodes pyrpholeos.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Romero, A., editor (2001). The Biology of Hypogean Fishes, p. 35. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. ISBN 978-1402000768
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Caecogobius cryptophthalmus". FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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