The discovery of a golden scaleless fish in China is helping scientists understand how animals evolved to live in caves.
One fish appears “plumper” than the other “due to the accumulation of viscous fluid.” Klapanunggal blind cave barbs live in shallow cave pools between about 90 and 170 feet underground ...
One fish appears “plumper” than the other “due to the accumulation of viscous fluid.” A Barbodes klapanunggalensis, or Klapanunggal blind cave barb. Photo from Wibowo, Willyanto ...