cavefish

[keyv-fish]

cave·fish

[keyv-fish]
noun, plural (especially collectively) cave·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) cave·fish·es.
any of several fishes that live in cave waters, as species of the genus Amblyopsis, having no body pigment and rudimentary, functionless eyes.

Origin:
1870–75; cave + fish
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cavefish (ˈkeɪvˌfɪʃ)
 
n , pl -fish, -fishes
See also blindfish any of various small freshwater cyprinodont fishes of the genera Amblyopsis, Chologaster, etc, living in subterranean and other waters in S North America

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