The Somalian blind barb (''Barbopsis devecchii'') is a

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

in the

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the barbs and barbels, among others. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family, and t ...

. It is the only member of the

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

''Barbopsis''. This troglobitic fish is found only in

Somalia Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, th ...

. There are two other cavefish species in Somalia: the cyprinid ''

Phreatichthys andruzzii ''Garra andruzzii'', a species of cyprinid fish, formerly the only species of the genus ''Phreatichthys'', and is endemic to Somalia Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The ...

'' and the catfish ''

Uegitglanis zammaranoi ''Uegitglanis zammaranoi'' is the only species of catfish (order Siluriformes) in the genus ''Uegitglanis'' of the family Clariidae. It is endemic to Somalia, where it only occurs in caves near the Jubba and the Shebelle Rivers. This species g ...

''.Romero, A., editor (2001). ''The Biology of Hypogean Fishes.'' Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes.

References

Barbs (fish) Cave fish Cyprinid fish of Africa Fish of Somalia Endemic fauna of Somalia Fish described in 1926 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Cyprininae-stub