Range and Identity
Typhlichthys subterraneus is the retained name. Older summaries encompass several southeastern and central states, but a broad cavefish treatment is not a secure identification of every modern regional population. The original cave, drainage and collection history are important.
Habitat and Behavior
Traditional accounts place adults in subterranean water, often in caves near the water table. These environments can differ from more variable cave systems. A surface opening alone does not describe the full underground habitat occupied by a collected fish.
Food and Life History
Copepods, amphipods and isopods are listed foods in the broad account. Females are described as carrying eggs in the gill chambers. A historical upper size is not assigned as an unquestioned limit for every revised regional identity, and no mass is estimated.
Field Note
Preserve the original locality and taxonomic treatment when comparing cavefish records. Similar appearance and neighboring cave entrances do not establish that separate groundwater populations belong to the same narrowly defined species.
All Lakes With Southern Cavefish
Browse all lakes and reservoirs with confirmed Southern Cavefish records in our database, listed alphabetically.
No published lakes are currently linked to this species in our confirmed records.