‘WORLD’S LARGEST’ SUBTERRANEAN FISH

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• A paper published in November 2019 in the journal Cave and Karst Science describes Harries’s accidental discovery as “world’s largest known subterranean fish.” The fish is yet to be named.
  
  
• It is nearly five times the mean length (85mm/8.5 cm) for all known subterranean fish to date.
  
  
• The experts feel that the fish species is very similar to the Golden Mahseer. Unique characters that distinguishes it from the Golden Mahseer is the lack of pigmentation, a lack of eyes and its subterranean habitat – being locked in caves.