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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaChordataVertebrataActinopterygiiPercopsiformesAphredoderidaeAphredoderus

Aphredoderus gibbosus Lesueur, 1833

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Percopsiformes
Family Aphredoderidae
Genus Aphredoderus
Species Aphredoderus gibbosus Lesueur, 1833

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygoxene
Realm
Aquatic

Distribution

Range

Known from three counties in Florida.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Florida

Counties

Florida
Jackson, Marion, Suwannee

Conservation and management

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • Brock, K.A. & Bortone, S.A. 1977. Cave dwelling fishes in panhandle Florida. Florida Scientist 40: 406–407. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24320078.
  • Franz, R., Bauer, J. & Morris, T. 1994. Review of biologically significant caves and their faunas in Florida and south Georgia. Brimleyana 20: 1–109. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/229726.
  • Morris, T.L. 2006. A biological inventory of aquifer caves in Florida with special emphasis on troglobitic crustaceans and salamanders. Final report S0057 to Florida Department of Environmental Regulation. Karst Environmental Services, Inc., High Springs, Florida, USA. 44 pp.
  • Walsh, S.J. 2001. Freshwater macrofauna of Florida karst habitats. Proceedings of the 2001 U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group, USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 01–4011: 78–88. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_talks/101/.

How to cite this account

Aphredoderus gibbosus Lesueur, 1833. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2196. https://cavebiology.org/species/aphredoderus-gibbosus/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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