Iranocypris

Iranocypris typhlops
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Iranocypris
Bruun & Kaiser, 1944
Species: I. typhlops
Binomial name
Iranocypris typhlops
Bruun & Kaiser, 1944

Iranocypris typhlops, the Iran cave barb, is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family, the only member of the monotypic genus Iranocypris. It is endemic to Iran where only found in caves. Like other cave-adapted fish, it is blind and lacks pigmentation.

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