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Nick Fish Addict 33 Posts: 553 Kudos: 668 Votes: 509 Registered: 09-Aug-2004	I wish I had my camera with me today. I went to my LFS today and they had these very weird looking fish that could not be identified from the staff. It's overall shape is that of a "normal" fish, but it looked albino. What really caught my eyes is that it looked like they didn't have any....eyes that is. At first glance I thought they were a couple that were injured, but upon closer inspection I noticed they had very small eyes...almost undetectible. In my estimation their eyes were about the size of most fishes pupils by themselves. Any ideas on what these might be??? Thanks
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	I'm not sure what the shape of a 'normal' fish would be... If it was tetra shape it was probably the blind cave tetra but there are albinos of almost every kind of fish.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
fishyhelper288 Fish Guru Posts: 2161 Kudos: 1951 Votes: 137 Registered: 29-Feb-2004	sounds like a blind cave fish
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
Nick Fish Addict 33 Posts: 553 Kudos: 668 Votes: 509 Registered: 09-Aug-2004	I knew that description wouldn't fly But Sham and Fishyhelper you are right on the nose....I looked it up in my book and sure enough...Blind Cave Fish *Jessnick attached this image:*
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	Also fry of these fish that are raised in a lighted aquarium will have small or half formed eyes. They have to be raised in the dark so you could have seen captive bred fish.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51


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