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New eyeless 'demon cavefish' discovered in Alabama named after mythological Demogorgon

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Biologists at Auburn University discovered a pale, eyeless fish measuring less than two inches long in Bobcat Cave, Alabama, so genetically distinct it earned its own genus (Demogorgonichthys arcanus), making it one of the rarest fish species in the world and documented in a study published in Scientific Reports.

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New eyeless 'demon cavefish' discovered in Alabama named after mythological Demogorgon

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