#cavefish — Public Fediverse posts
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🐟🕳️ Scientists have described a new eyeless #cavefish species from an #Alabama #cave naming it after the #Demogorgon from #StrangerThings.
The #fish lacks #eyes and pigmentation living in complete darkness with specialized senses for its #underground #habitat. Researchers emphasize the species extreme rarity and vulnerability to groundwater #pollution.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/demon-cavefish-alabama-demogorgon/
#biology #zoology #science #conservation #adaptation #evolution #biodiversity #nature #mythology #usa
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UAH scientists discover new fish species beneath Redstone Arsenal
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) – Scientists discovered a new species of fish living below Redstone Arsenal. Matthew Niemiller of…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #BobcatCave #cavefish #demoncavefish #Fish #fishspecies #MatthewNiemiller #redstonearsenal #RedstoneRocket #Science #southerncavefish #UAH
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24-Jun-2026
Out of darkness, blind Mexican #cavefish illuminate brain #evolution -
Time for a new poll!
What does Zero want to eat?
https://cloud.disroot.org/apps/forms/s/ae9pkmoy5xBD95xsTy2DM3z2
#PandorasTale #PandorasTaleWiki #Cavefish #EatTheRich #ZeroAngiers -
How the #cavefish lost its #eyes—again and again
Time and again, whenever a population was swept into a cave and survived long enough for natural selection to have its way, the eyes disappeared. It has become increasingly clear that they haven’t just lost sight but also gained many adaptations that help them to thrive in their #cave environment
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#CaveFish Adolescence Means Sprouting Taste Buds in Weird Places
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cave-fish-adolescence-means-sprouting-taste-buds-in-weird-places/The spatiotemporal and genetic architecture of extraoral taste buds in #Astyanax cavefish https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-024-06635-2
"In eastern #Mexico’s underground caverns, a blind #fish undergoes a peculiar adolescence: as it approaches maturity, #TasteBuds begin to sprout under its chin and on top of its head, creeping toward its back... they might be helping the fish detect bat droppings in the utterly dark #caves"
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Blind #cavefish have extraordinary #taste buds that increase with age, research reveals.
#olfaction #sensing #genomics #Astyanax
https://phys.org/news/2024-08-cavefish-extraordinary-buds-age-reveals.html
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Meet #Neolissochilus pnar, World’s Largest Cavefish https://www.sci.news/biology/neolissochilus-pnar-11638.html
The world’s largest #cave #fish from #Meghalaya, Northeast #India, is a new species, Neolissochilus pnar (#Cyprinidae, Torinae) https://vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.com/article/101011/
Stories of a white #cavefish from Meghalaya have been documented for 100 years. Only in the 1990s, a large, pale, cyprinid fish was observed, individuals of which were eventually photographed and collected in 2019, and made available for detailed scientific studies.
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"Stay-at-home orders issued at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic ushered the hoarding of food and surges in digital entertainment subscriptions, restaurant take-out and delivery services—a perfect storm for a collective #CouchPotato phenomenon. Now, researchers have discovered what prolonged physical inactivity may mean for humans many thousands of years down the road by studying #cavefish.
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-scientists-cavefish-metabolism-evolutionary-basis.html