Northern Cavefish
Amblyopsis spelaea DeKay, 1842
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Subphylum | Vertebrata |
| Class | Actinopterygii |
| Order | Percopsiformes |
| Family | Amblyopsidae |
| Genus | Amblyopsis |
| Species | Amblyopsis spelaea DeKay, 1842 |
Synonyms
Amblyopsis spelea DeKay, 1842
Amblyopsis spelaeus DeKay, 1842
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Stygobiont
- Realm
- Aquatic
- Troglomorphy
- Troglomorphic
- Maximum body length
- 90 mm
Distribution
Type locality
River Styx, Mammoth Cave, Edmonson Co., KY
Range
Known from Kentucky in the Interior Low Plateau karst region.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Kentucky
Counties
County-level records have not been compiled for this taxon. Distribution is recorded at state and karst-region level.
Karst regions
Interior Low Plateau
Genetics
Molecular resources
| Marker | Molecule | Sequences | Length | Exemplar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| other | unknown | 232 | 484-834 bp | OR607783.1 |
| ND | mitochondrial | 72 | 1044-1044 bp | JX977944.1 |
| RAG1 | nuclear | 72 | 1404-1431 bp | JX978084.1 |
| genome | nuclear | 3 | GCA_046255685.1 | |
| 16S | mitochondrial | 2 | 537-583 bp | JX121823.1 |
| 28S | nuclear | 1 | 654-654 bp | JX121774.1 |
| COI | mitochondrial | 1 | 640-640 bp | KY873723.1 |
| H3 | nuclear | 1 | 333-333 bp | JX121711.1 |
384 sequences, retrieved 23 August 2026. Counts change as sequences are deposited. Search GenBank.
Download all 384 sequence records (CSV) Accession, marker, molecule type, length, GenBank definition and a direct link.
- Nuclear genome
- Available
Specimens
Type material
- Type
- YPM ICH 025294.001 · Yale Peabody Museum
Collections holding material
| Institution | Lots |
|---|---|
| Yale Peabody Museum | 14 |
| National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution | 11 |
| Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard | 11 |
| Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris | 6 |
| Naturalis Biodiversity Center | 5 |
| Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt | 5 |
| and 22 other collections | 41 |
93 cataloged lots in 28 collections. Compiled from GBIF and not an exhaustive census: many collections are not yet digitised, and holdings are added continually. Search GBIF for specimen records.
Download all 93 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
NT Near Threatened
Assessed in 2012.
NatureServe
G2G3 Imperiled to Vulnerable
Global rank last reviewed 5 July 2017.
Subnational ranks
- Kentucky
- S3 Vulnerable
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
Threats
- Dams & Water Extraction
- Pollution -Sewage or Urban Wastewater
- Pollution - Commercial/Industrial
- Pollution - Agricultural & Forestry
Other resources
How to cite this account
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