Journal Article
Swimming blind. Why Namibia’s Critically Endangered blind cave catfish needs more research attention
Hay, C.
Record Number:
7053
Year:
2019
Journal:
Conservation Namibia
Abstract:
Clarias cavernicola or blind cave catfish, as it is called in English, is known only from one cave near Otavi in Namibia, where it lives in total darkness. It is classified as Critically Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the global authority on the status of nature and its species. The total population of catfish in the cave is probably less than 200 individuals, which is the minimum genetically viable population size
required for any species to survive over a longer period of time. This makes the blind cave catfish one of the rarest freshwater fish species in the world
Times Cited:
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