Blind cave eel

Blind cave eel
Blind cave eel
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Synbranchiformes
Family: Synbranchidae
Genus: Ophisternon
Species: O. candidum
Binomial name
Ophisternon candidum
(Mees, 1962)

The Blind Cave eel (Ophisternon candidum) is a species of fish in the Synbranchidae family. It is endemic to caves and groundwater in Australia.

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