Garra typhlops

Iranocypris typhlops Bruun & Kaiser, 1944 Garra typhlops, also known as the Iran cave barb is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae.

It is endemic to caves in Iran.

Like other cave-adapted fish, it is blind and lacks pigmentation.

[2][3] Three other cave-adapted fish species are known from Iran: Garra lorestanensis, G. tashanensis and the Zagroz blind loach (Eidinemacheilus smithi).

[4][5][6] In the general region there are three additional cavefish species, all Iraqi cypriniforms: Eidinemacheilus proudlovei, Caecocypris basimi, Typhlogarra widdowsoni.