cave·fish

(kāv′fĭsh′)

n. pl. cavefish or cave·fish·es

Any of various North American freshwater fishes of the family Amblyopsidae, found in subterranean waters and having rudimentary nonfunctioning eyes.

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cavefish

(ˈkeɪvˌfɪʃ)

n, pl -fish or -fishes

(Animals) any of various small freshwater cyprinodont fishes of the genera Amblyopsis, Chologaster, etc, living in subterranean and other waters in S North America. See also blindfish

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