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Oxyeleotris caeca
Oxyeleotris caeca or the Kikori blind gudgeon is a cavefish found in the upper Kikori River system. Described in 1996, it is the first cavefish found in Papua New Guinea. There are three specimens kept at the Western Australian Museum, whose lengths range from 82.6 to 92.3 millimetres (3.25 to 3.63 in). Its adaptations to cave life include a loss of pigmentation and external eyes. It is unknown how extensive its cave system is. The species is...
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 613983.