Caecocypris

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Caecocypris

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Caecocypris
Banister & Bunni, 1980
Species:
C. basimi
Binomial name
Caecocypris basimi
Banister & Bunni, 1980

Caecocypris basimi, the Haditha cavefish, is a species of

groundwater level.[1] It is placed as one of the top 10 lost freshwater fishes to be found.[3]

The cavefish Typhlogarra widdowsoni is found in the same place and it has also drastically declined, but it is not as rare as Caecocypris basimi.[1][4] The only other known cavefish in Iraq is Eidinemacheilus proudlovei.[5]

The

British Museum of Natural History and other specimens are at the Australian Museum.[6]

References

  1. ^ . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ "lost fishes". www.rewild.org. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  3. ^ Edmondstone, Michael. "The Search for Lost Fishes". Shoal. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  4. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Caecocypris basimi" in FishBase. August 2011 version.
  5. ^ Freyhof, J.; Abdullah, Y.S.; Ararat, K.; Ibrahim, H.; & Geiger, M.F. (2016): Eidinemacheilus proudlovei, a new subterranean loach from Iraqi Kurdistan (Teleostei; Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa, 4173 (3): 225-236.
  6. ^ K.E. Banister & M.K. Bunni (1980). A new blind cyprinid fish from Iraq". Bull. Br. Mus.nat Hist (Zool.)38 (3): 151-158.