The Somalian blind barb (''Barbopsis devecchi'') is a ray-finned fish species in the family

Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest verte ...

. It is the only member of the genus ''Barbopsis''. This troglobitic fish is found only in Somalia. There are two other cavefish species in Somalia: the cyprinid ''

Phreatichthys andruzzii ''Phreatichthys andruzzii'', a species of cyprinid fish, is the only species of the genus ''Phreatichthys'', and is endemic to Somalia. This cave-adapted fish is whitish (not pigmented) and blind. It is considered to have evolved in the cave en ...

'' 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.

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Barbs (fish) Cave fish Cyprinid fish of Africa Fish of Somalia Endemic fauna of Somalia Fish described in 1926 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{Cyprininae-stub