Sentences with phrase «cave loach»
Simply dubbed «cave loach» or «barbatula» for now, the fish was discovered in 2015 by Joachim Kreiselmaier, an amateur cave diver.
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The pale - coloured loach is thought to have begun to diverge from surface fish as glaciers from the last ice age receded some 16,000 to 20,000 years ago, linking surface and cave waters.
«Despite this short time span, the fish show trademark adaptations to cave life compared with loaches from surface locations nearby, including a pale body colouration, much smaller eyes, plus larger nostrils and barbels,» she says.
A team of scientists and cave divers has discovered and described the first European cave fish — a loach of the genus Barbatula.