Northern cavefish facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Northern cavefish
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Genus:	Amblyopsis
Species:	spelaea

The northern cavefish or northern blindfish, Amblyopsis spelaea, is found in caves through Kentucky and southern Indiana. It is listed as a threatened species in the United States and the IUCN lists the species as near threatened.

During a 2013 study of Amblyopsis spelaea, scientists found that the species was divided into two distinct evolutionary lineages: one north of the Ohio River, in Indiana, and one south of the river, in Kentucky. The southern population retained the name A. spelaea and the northern was re-designated Amblyopsis hoosieri in a 2014 paper published in the journal ZooKeys. Neither species is found north of the White River, flowing east to west south of Bedford, Indiana.

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2005). "Amblyopsis spelaea" in FishBase. 10 2005 version.