Order Percopsiformes - Cave Biology Data Portal

Species in this portal: 10
Ecological class: 7 stygobionts, 2 stygophiles and 1 stygoxene
Realm: Aquatic
Continent: North America
Country: United States
States and provinces: 10 states and provinces
Counties: 97
Karst regions: Appalachians, Interior Low Plateau, Ozarks
Habitats: Cave pool, Cave lake, Cave stream, Sump or flooded passage, Phreatic groundwater
Cave zone: Deep cave
Conservation: 3 of 8 ranked G1 or G2; 2 federally listed

Families

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
Aphredoderus gibbosus Lesueur, 1833		Stygoxene		FL
Demogorgonichthys arcanus Hart, Niemiller, Sandel & Armbruster, 2026	Demon Cavefish	Stygobiont		AL	Appalachians
Forbesichthys agassizii (Putnam, 1872)	Spring Cavefish	Stygophile	GNR LC	TN
Forbesichthys papilliferus (Forbes, 1882)		Stygophile	G3	IL, KY, TN
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