Somalian blind barb
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Barbopsis
di Caporiacco, 1926
Species:
B. devecchi
Binomial name
Barbopsis devecchi

The Somalian blind barb (Barbopsis devecchi) is a ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae. It is the only member of the genus Barbopsis. This troglobitic fish is found only in Somalia.[1]

There are two other cavefish species in Somalia: the cyprinid Phreatichthys andruzzii and the catfish Uegitglanis zammaranoi.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Barbopsis devecchi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
  2. Romero, A., editor (2001). The Biology of Hypogean Fishes. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. ISBN 978-1402000768


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