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Etymology: Amblyopsis: Greek, amblys = darkness + Greek, ops = shape (Ref. 45335).
More on author: DeKay.

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

; Água doce demersal; não migratória. Temperate; 39°N - 37°N

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North America: Indiana and Kentucky, U.S.A.

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 5723); common length : 6.5 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 12193)

Descrição suscinta Morfologia | Morfometria

Espinhos dorsais (total): 0; Raios dorsais (total): 9-11; Espinhos anais 0; Raios anais : 8 - 11; Vértebras: 29 - 30. Pink-white. No eyes (vestigial eye tissues under skin). Extremely small pelvic fins (rarely absent). Large, broad head. Caudal fin with 4-6 rows of papillae; 11-13 branched caudal rays.

Blind and depigmented. Despite the lack of eyes it does respond to light and moves away from it (scotophilia). Inhabits subterranean water or caves which have consolidated mud-rock substrates in shoals and silt-sand substrates in pools but is more often found in caves with uniform silt-sand substrates (Ref. 34868). Has low reproduction rate and broods eggs in gill cavity for up to 4-5 months (Ref. 557; 34868; 27795). Can live for 2 years without food because of low metabolic rate (Ref. 5326). Top predator.

Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas

Female incubates eggs in gill cavities (Ref. 7471).

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Romero, A. and L. Bennis, 1998. Threatened fishes of the world: Amblyopsis spelaea DeKay, 1842 (Amblyopsidae). Environ. Biol. Fishes 51(4):420. (Ref. 27795)

Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435)

Quase ameaçada (NT) ; Date assessed: 04 August 2012

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Ameaça para os humanos

Harmless

Uso pelos humanos

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Amblyopsis spelaea DeKay, 1842