Blind goby
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Typhlogobius Steindachner, 1879 |
| Species: | T. californiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Typhlogobius californiensis Steindachner, 1879 | |
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The blind goby (Typhlogobius californiensis) is a species of fish in the goby family, the only species in the genus Typhlogobius. It is native to the coastlines of southern California in the United States and Baja California in Mexico, where it commonly inhabits the burrows of shrimp of the genus Callianassa. The adult of the species is completely blind and lacks pigmentation, while the juvenile has rudimentary eyes that help it find the shrimp burrows.[1][2] This species can reach a length of 8.3 centimetres (3.3 in) TL.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ H. Ahnelt & G. Scattolin (2003). "The lateral line system of a blind goby, Typhlogobius californiensis Steindachner, 1879 (Teleostei: Gobiidae)" (PDF). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 104 (B): 11–25.
- ↑ G. E. MacGinitie (1939). "The Natural History of the blind goby, Typhlogobius californiensis Steindachner" (PDF). The American Midland Naturalist 21 (2): 489–505. doi:10.2307/2420551.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Typhlogobius californiensis" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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