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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaChordataVertebrataActinopterygiiPercopsiformesAmblyopsidaeTyphlichthys

Salem Plateau Cavefish
Typhlichthys eigenmanni Charlton, 1933

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Percopsiformes
Family Amblyopsidae
Genus Typhlichthys
Species Typhlichthys eigenmanni Charlton, 1933

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygobiont
Realm
Aquatic
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic
Maximum body length
No information listed mm

Distribution

Type locality

Ha Ha Tonka State Park, Camden Co., Missouri

Range

Known from two states in the Ozarks karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Arkansas, Missouri

Counties

County-level records have not been compiled for this taxon. Distribution is recorded at state and karst-region level.

Karst regions

Ozarks

Genetics

Molecular resources

MarkerMoleculeSequences LengthExemplar
other unknown 105 600-855 bp HQ729705.1
ND mitochondrial 21 1044-1047 bp JN592351.1
RAG1 nuclear 21 1431-1433 bp JN592179.1
genome nuclear 1 GCA_027564635.1

148 sequences, retrieved 23 August 2026. Counts change as sequences are deposited. Search GenBank.

Download all 148 sequence records (CSV) Accession, marker, molecule type, length, GenBank definition and a direct link.

Nuclear genome
Available

Specimens

Collections holding material

InstitutionLots
Auburn University Museum of Natural History 10
University of Texas Biodiversity Center 8
University of Michigan Museum of Zoology 5
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 3
Illinois Natural History Survey 2
Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates 1
and 4 other collections 4

33 cataloged lots in 10 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 33 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G3 Vulnerable

G1G2G3▲G4G5

Global rank last reviewed 2023.

Subnational ranks

Arkansas
S1 Critically Imperiled
Missouri
S2S3 Imperiled to Vulnerable

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
7DB8R
GBIF
2401721
ITIS
164399
iNaturalist
114704
NCBI Taxonomy
1050218

How to cite this account

Typhlichthys eigenmanni Charlton, 1933. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1357. https://cavebiology.org/species/typhlichthys-eigenmanni/ (accessed 3 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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