Alabama Cavefish
Speoplatyrhinus poulsoni
- Critically endangered
- Card rarity: Legendary
- Fish
The Alabama cavefish is a critically endangered species of amblyopsid cavefish found only in underground pools in Key Cave, located in northwestern Alabama, United States in the Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge. It was discovered underneath a colony of gray bats in 1967 by researchers Robert A. Kuehne and John E. Cooper and scientifically described in 1974.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Percopsiformes
- Family
- Amblyopsidae
- Genus
- Speoplatyrhinus