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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe

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Cave Biology Data Portal
Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaChordataVertebrataActinopterygiiPercopsiformes

Family Amblyopsidae
Bonaparte, 1845

Species in this portal
6
Ecological class
All stygobiont
Realm
Aquatic
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
8 states and provinces
Karst regions
Appalachians, Interior Low Plateau, Ozarks
Conservation
3 of 6 ranked G1 or G2; 2 federally listed

Genera

  • Amblyopsis 2 in portal
  • Speoplatyrhinus 1 in portal
  • Troglichthys 1 in portal
  • Typhlichthys 2 in portal

Species in this portal

Species Common name Class Status States Karst regions
Amblyopsis hoosieri Niemiller, Prejean & Chakrabarty, 2014 Hoosier Cavefish Stygobiont G2 IN Interior Low Plateau
Amblyopsis spelaea DeKay, 1842 Northern Cavefish Stygobiont G2G3 NT KY Interior Low Plateau
Speoplatyrhinus poulsoni Cooper & Kuehne, 1974 Alabama cavefish Stygobiont G1 CR ESA AL Interior Low Plateau
Troglichthys rosae (Eigenmann, 1898) Ozark cavefish Stygobiont G3 NT ESA AR, MO, OK Ozarks
Typhlichthys eigenmanni Charlton, 1933 Salem Plateau Cavefish Stygobiont G3 AR, MO Ozarks
Typhlichthys subterraneus Girard, 1859 Southern Cavefish Stygobiont G4 NT AL, GA, KY, TN Appalachians, Interior Low Plateau

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
KTWX3
GBIF
5080
ITIS
164388
iNaturalist
85572
NCBI Taxonomy
390310

Cave Biology Data Portal

Species accounts, distributions, and conservation status for the subterranean fauna of North America and around the globe, with resources for the cave and karst research community.

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