Description

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 8; Anal soft rays: 8. Pink-white. No eyes (vestigial eye tissues under skin). No pelvic fins. Usually 8 anal rays; 9-11 branched caudal rays.

Common Names

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Ozark-hulefisk , Danish , Denmark

Ozark Cavefish , English , UK

Ozark cavefish , English , USA

Ozark cavefish , English , Global

Roosa pimesilm , Estonian , Estonia

奥萨克洞鲈 , Mandarin Chinese , China

奧薩克洞鱸 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Ozarška jamska riba , Slovene , Slovenia

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Percopsiformes

Family: Amblyopsidae

Genus: Amblyopsis

Species: Amblyopsis rosae (Eigenmann, 1898)

Climate Zone

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Temperate

Location

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North America: Springfield Plateau in southwestern Missouri, northeastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas (Arkansas and upper White River drainages), USA.

Biology

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Adults inhabit subterranean waters of quite small cave streams. Preferred habitat in these caves is chert rubble though individuals are also found in areas of silt-sand substrates. Stomachs examined contained copepods which constituted about 70-90% by volume with the balance being primarily small salamanders, crayfish, isopods, amphipods and young of their own species (Ref. 34868). Eggs are carried in gill chambers of females (Ref. 205). Threatened by overfishing (Ref. 10172).

Habitat

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demersal