cavefish

cavefish
/kayv"fish'/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) cavefish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) cavefishes.
any of several fishes that live in cave waters, as species of the genus Amblyopsis, having no body pigment and rudimentary, functionless eyes.
[1870-75; CAVE + FISH]

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