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\"\"The extremely rare blind catfish, endemic to the Toca do Gon\u00e7alo cave in the city of Campo Formoso in the Brazilian state of Bahia, can grow to almost 6 centimeters in length, but has no eyes or pigments.\u00a0 \u201cThe species belongs to the genus Rhamdiopsis<\/i> and has not yet been described, although we have been able to include it on a list of endangered Brazilian fauna\u00a0 that is currently being revised,\u201d says Eleonora Trajano, from the Biosciences Institute of the University of S\u00e3o Paulo (IB-USP). The isolation of catfish populations in subterranean environments for thousands of years has preserved mutations that prevent the formation of eyes and the production of pigments.\u00a0 These mutations do not allow for life outside the caves. The sample was photographed in Trajano\u2019s laboratory by U.S. zoologist Dant\u00e9 Fenolio.<\/p>\n

Photo submitted by Eleonora Trajano of the USP Biosciences Institute<\/i><\/p>\n

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