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Amblyopsidae
(redirected from cavefish)

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Amblyopsidae [am·blē′äp·sə‚dē]
(vertebrate zoology)
The cave fishes, a family of actinopterygian fishes in the order Percopsiformes.


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Last year, researchers raised the possibility that Mexican blind cavefish once could see but traded in their vision for bigger jaws and teeth (SN: 8/23/03, p.
Kind of like the cavefish who lose their sight because they are always in the dark.
A CAVEFISH, which has eyes that cannot see, swims in the dark waters of caves.
 
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