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Alabama Cavefish
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IUCN CR · Critically endangered

Alabama Cavefish

Speoplatyrhinus poulsoni

The Alabama cavefish (Speoplatyrhinus poulsoni), is a critically endangered species of amblyopsid cavefish found only in underground pools in Key Cave, located in northwestern Alabama, United States in the Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge. It was discovered underneath a colony of gray bats in 1967 and scientifically described in 1974.

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