Trogloglanis pattersoni
Eigenmann 1919
| ORDER | SUB-ORDER | FAMILY |
|---|---|---|
| Siluriformes | Siluroidei | Ictaluridae |
Synonyms
None.
Country
USATypes
Only a holotype has been assigned: CAS 58675 (ex IU 15240) female 68.0mm SL This species is the type species by monotypy of the cave‑restricted genus Trogloglanis.
Distribution
This species (and its confamilial Satan eurystomus) is restricted to very deep artesian waters (up to 600m) in the Central, or San Antonio, Pool of the Edwards Aquifer, Bexar County, Texas, USA (29o30’N, 98o30’W). It is distributed over an area of at least 500km2 but has only been collected from man‑made wells which penetrate the aquifer. The collection localities are given below. Additional details from Hutchins et al. (2021).
| Well | Depth (m) | Notes |
|
Verstraeten Well No 1, Bexar County |
513 |
Well still in use. One specimen collected by Longley and Karnei (1979:18). |
| O. R. Mitchell Well | 582 |
Third specimen collected here (Suttkus 1961), Well no. AY‑68‑43‑601 of the USGS, still in use. Three specimens collected by Longley and Karnei (1979:18). S. eurystomus also recorded from this site. |
| El Patio Foods Well | 430 |
S. eurystomus also recorded from this site. Now capped. |
| Artesia Pump Station Well No.4, Bexar County | 402 |
Well still in use. Twenty two specimens collected by Longley and Karnei (1979:19).S. eurystomus also recorded from this site. |
| Josef Boecke Well | 308 |
Second specimen collected here (Hubbs and Bailey 1947). Now covered byroad.S. eurystomus also recorded from this site. |
| George W. Brackenridge Well | 308 |
Probable TYPE LOCALITY. Probably now capped. |
| Alamo Dressed Beef Company Well | ? | Location unknown. Fishes collected may have been T. pattersoni or S. eurystomus. |
| Persyn Well | ? |
Location unknown. Fishes collected may have been T. pattersoni or S. eurystomus. |
Habitat
The underground cavities inhabited by this species and Satan eurystomus are probably the most extreme of any from which subterranean fishes are known. Details of the actual haibitat are of course unknown and will probably remain so. What little is known has been gleaned from samples taken at the wells. Longley (1981) considered the aquifer to be the earths most diverse groundwater ecosystem and summarised its fauna. Kuehn and Koehn (1991) and Kuehn, O’Neil and Koehn (1992) isolated various fungi and algae which may play an important role in the trophic economy of the system. Northup and Lavoie (2001) suggest that bacteria growing at the interface between saline and freshwater may take part in the food web within this aquifer. Moraver and Huffman (1988) report the parasitic nematode Rhabdochona longleyi from both species of fishes. The most detailed account of the animals and their environs is that of Longley and Karnei (1979) and (1979).
Systematics
Lundberg (1982) made a very thorough study of the anatomy of T. pattersoni and from it he concluded that the species is not a relict but is probably the sister group of a major lineage containing Ameiurus, Noturus, Pylodictis and two troglobitic genera Satan and Prietella. Lundberg suggests that the immediate ancestor of T. pattersoni arose in the Oligocene and that it may have been evolving in the deep aquifer for 15 million years. The phylogenetic relationships of Noturus are covered by Hardman (2004). Detailed studies the four North and Central American troglobitic ictalurids Satan eurystomus, Trogloglanis pattersoni, Prietella phreatophila and P. lundbergi by Arce et al. (2017) suggest that they form a monophyletic group with fifteen synapomorphies: 1. Absence of eyes, 2. depigmentation, 3. Fifth vertebra, 4. Lateral line extent, 5. Mesethmoid cornua, 6. Anterior cranial fontanel, 7. Descending wing of frontal, 8. Supraoccipital posterior process, 9. Pterotic wings, 10. Parasphenoid and orbitosphenoid, 11. Abductor arcus palatine scars, 12. Anterior ceratohyal-ventral hypohyal joint, 13. Dorsal hypohyal, 14. Upper hypurals, 15. Transcapular ligament ossification. It would be highly valuable to compare these anatomical synapomorphies with those from molecular markers. This group of four is the sister group to all other ictalurids in the analysis and they presumably share a last common ancestor which lived in the northern Mexico area.
Conservation Status
(NatureServe. 2013. Trogloglanis pattersoni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T22273A19035299.en. Downloaded on 07 July 2017). his species is potentially threatened by overpumping of the aquifer, which is the primary source of water for people in the region. In the 1990s the world's largest water well (at that time) was drilled close to the known habitat of the species, and the water was briefly used to support a catfish farm; subsequently the well and water rights were purchased by the San Antonio Water System, which now uses the well for aquifer monitoring purposes. Depletion of the aquifer poses a threat to the Toothless Blindcat by possibly allowing the poor-quality anaerobic water of the "bad water" zone to replace good-quality water where the fish now resides (G. Longley, The Handbook of Texas Online).
Pollution from industrial and agricultural sources is a potential threat, but protection of the aquifer for human uses likely will also protect the blindcat.
V (Miller 1977), R (IUCN 1988), V (IUCN 1990), V (IUCN 1993), VU D2 (IUCN 1996, 2000). T1 (Williams, Johnson, Hendrickson, Contreras-Balderas, Williams., Navarro-Mendoza, McAllister and Deacon 1989). G1 (NatureServe 2002).
A thorough study by Longley and Karnei (1979) has shown that, at present, there appears to be no danger to this fish because: "Based on population estimates, there appears to be a large population of [the species] in the San Antonio Pool of the Edwards Aquifer". In 1977 a total of 6.4 x 106m3 of water was pumped from the Artesia Well with the (estimated) loss of only 98 fishes. Longley and Karnei (1979:41) point out, however, that the greatest threat to this animal is from depletion of the groundwater by pumping. Groundwater pollution could also pose a serious threat, especially in the light of the evidence gathered by Winograd and Robertson (1982) that the residence time of water in very deep aquifers may be as much as 10000 years. See also the San Marcos Recovery Plan (Edwards, Beaty, Longley, Riskind, Tupa and Whiteside, 1984).
Internet Resources
Trogloglanis pattersoni mitochondrion, complete genome
Prietella phreatophila mitochondrion, complete genome
https://cns.utexas.edu/news/scientists-on-the-trail-of-central-texas-elusive-satan-fish
Powerpoint slides of a lecture
Key References
- Eigenmann, C.H. (1919)
- Hubbs, C.L. and Bailey, R.M. (1947)
- Taylor, W. R. (1955)
- Suttkus, R. D. (1961)
- Reddell, J. R. (1967)
- Taylor, W. R. (1969)
- Reddell, J.R. and Mitchell, R.W. (1969)
- Lundberg, J.G. (1970)
- Hubbs, C. (1971)
- Lundelius, E. L. and Slaughter, B. H. (1971)
- Reddell, J. R. (1971)
- Species, Texas Organisation for Endangered (1975)
- Winograd, I.J. and Pearson, F.J. (1976)
- Longley, G. (1977)
- Karnei, H. (1978)
- Longley, G. (1979)
- Longley, G. and Karnei, H. (1979)
- Karnei, H. (1979)
- Longley, G. and Karnei, H. (1979)
- Cooper, J.E. and Longley, G. (1980)
- Cooper, J.E. and Longley, G. (1980)
- Longley, G. (1981)
- LeGrande, W. H. (1981)
- Lundberg, J.G. (1982)
- Winograd, I. J. and Roberston, F. N. (1982)
- Edwards, R.J., Beaty, H.E., Longley, G., Riskind, D.H., Tupa, D.D. and Whiteside, B.G. (1984)
- Longley, G. (1986)
- Amemiya, C.T., Kelsch, S.W., Hendricks, F.S. and Gold, J.R. (1986)
- Woodruff, C. M. and Abbott, P. L. (1986)
- Moravec, F. and Huffman, D.G. (1988)
- Edwards, R.J., Longley, G., Moss, R., Ward, G., Matthews, R. and Stewart, B. (1989)
- Williams, J.E., Johnson, J.E., Hendrickson, D.A., Conteras-Balderas, S., Williams, J.D., Navarro-Mondoza, M., McAllister, D.E. and Deacon, J.E. (1989)
- Kroschewsky, J. R. (1990)
- Kuehn, K.A. and Koehn, R.D. (1991)
- Langecker, T.G. and Longley, G. (1992)
- Langecker, T.G. and Longley, G. (1992)
- Lundberg, J.G. (1992)
- Kuehn, K.A., O'Neil, R.M. and Koehn, R.D. (1992)
- Langecker, T.G. and Longley, G. (1993)
- Bowles, D.E. and Arsuffi, T.L. (1993)
- Walsh, S.J. and Gilbert, C.R. (1995)
- Maclay, R.W. (1995)
- Campbell, L. (1995)
- Longley, G. and Jordan, W.R. (1997)
- Hendrickson, D.A., Krejca, J. and Rodriguez Martinez, J.M. (1998)
- Hendrickson, D.A. and Krejca, J. (2000)
- Krejca, J., Hendrickson, D.A. and Taylor, S.J. (2000)
- Hendrickson, D.A., Krejca, J. and Rodriguez Martinez, J.M. (2001)
- Northup, D.E. and Lavoie, K.H. (2001)
- Wilcox, T.P., Garcia de Leon, F.J., Hendrickson, D.A. and Hillis, D.M. (2004)
- Boghici, R. (2004)
- Krejca, J. (2005)
- Sullivan, J.P., Lundberg, J.G. and Hardman, M. (2006)
- Taylor, S.J., Weckstein, J.D., Takiya, D.M., Krejca, J.K., Murdoch, J.D., Veni, G., Johnson, K.P. and Reddell, J.R. (2007)
- Engel, A.S. (2007)
- Bendik, N.F., Gluesenkamp, A.G. and Chippindale, P.T. (2009)
- Chippindale, P.T., Gluesenkamp, A.G. and Bendik, N.F. (2009)
- White, K., Davidson, G.R. and Paquin, P. (2009)
- Egge, J.J.D. (2010)
- Dahdul, W.M., Lundberg, J.G., Midford, P.E., Balhoff, J.P., Lapp, H., Vision, T.J., Haendel, M.A., Westerfield, M. and Mabee, P.M. (2010)
- Zara Environmental LLC (2010)
- Gary, M.O., Gary, R.H. and Hunt, B.B. (2011)
- Edwards Aquifer Authority (2011)
- Edwards Aquifer Authority (2011)
- McDermid, K. (2013)
- Bendik, N.F., Meik, J.M., Gluesenkamp, A.G., Roelke, C.E. and Chippindale, P.T. (2013)
- Bishop, R., Humphreys, W.F. and Longley, G. (2014)
- Zara Environmental LLC (2014)
- Engel, A.S. (ed.) (2015)
- Coleman, W.T., Hutchins, B.T. and Schwartz, B.F. (2016)
- Hutchins, B.T., Engel, A.S., Nowlin, W.H. and Schwartz, B.F. (2016)
- Hutchins, B.T. (2016)
- Coleman, W.T. (2016)
- Hendrickson, D.A., Johnson, J., Sprouse, P.S., Howard, S., Garrett, G.P. Krejca, J.K., Gluesenkamp, W., Paulín, J.A.D., Dugan, L., Cohen, A.E., Espriú, A.H., Sullivan, J.P., Fenol, D.B., Karges, J., Smith, R., García De León, F.J., Wolaver, B. and Reddell (2016)
- Hutchins, B., Engel, A., Nowlin, W., and Schwartz, B. (2016)
- Airhart, M.G. (2017)
- Hendrickson, D.A., Hernández‐ Espriú, A., Dugan, L., Sprouse, P., Dávila Paulín, J.A., Krejca, J., Gluesenkamp, A., Reddell, J., Smith, R., Howard, S., Johnson, J., Garrett, G.P., Cohen, A.E., García De León, F.J., Wolaver, B.P. and Fenolio, D.B. (2017)
- Lundberg, J.G., Hendrickson, D.A., Luckenbill, K.R. and Arce, M. (2017)
- Gluesenkamp, A., Hendrickson, D., and Sprouse, P. (2017)
- Arce, M., Lundberg, J.G. and O'Leary, M.A. (2017)
- Gluesenkamp, A. Hendrickson, D.A. and Sprouse, P.S. (2018)
- Nissen, B.D., Devitt, T.J., Bendik, N.F., Gluesenkamp, A.G., Gibson, R. (2018)
- Hutchins, B.T. (2018)
- Green, R.T., Bertetti, F.P., Fratesi, B. and Schinfel, G.M. (2019)
- Krejca, J. and Reddell, J. (2019)
- Johnson, S., Schindel, G.M., and Van Brahana, J. (2019)
- Niemiller, M.L., Taylor, S.J., Slay, M.E. and Hobbs, H.H. III (2019)
- Devitt, T.J., Wright, A.M., Cannatella, D.C. and Hillis, D.M. (2019)
- Arroyave, J., Schmitter-Soto, J. and Lyons, T.J. (2019)
- Nair, P. (2019)
- Lyons, K.M. (2019)
- Devitt, T.J. (2019)
- Devitt, T. (2019)
- Sharp, J.M., Green, R.T. and Schindel, G.M. (2019)
- Burr, B.M., Warren, M.L. and Bennett, M.G. (2020)
- Warren, M.L. and Burr, B.M. (2020)
- Lyons, T.J., Máiz-Tomé, L., Tognelli, M., Daniels, A., Meredith, C., Bullock, R. and Harrison, I., Contreras-MacBeath, T., Hendrickson, D.A., Arroyave, J., Mercado Silva, N., Köck, M., Domínguez Domínguez, O., Valdés González, A., Espinosa Pérez et al. (2020)
- Hutchins, B.T., Gibson, J.R., Diaz, P.H. and Schwartz, B.F. (2021)
- Gibson, R., Hutchins, B.T., Krejca, J.K., Diaz, P.H. and Sprouse. P.S. (2021)
- Gibson, R., Hutchins, B.T., Krejca, J.K., Diaz, P.H. and Sprouse. P.S. (2021)
- Corrington, C.A. (2022)
- Hendrickson, D.A. and Cohen, A.E. (2022)
- Niemiller, M.L., Carter, E.T., Fenolio, D.B., Gluesenkamp, A.G. and Phillips, J.G. (2022)
- Hendrickson, D.A., Lundberg, J., Luckenbill, K. and Arce-H, M. (2022)
- Hendrickson, D.A. (2022)
- Hendrickson, D.A. (2022)
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (2023)
- Janzen, F. (2023)
- Perez, K.E., Guerrero, Y., Castañeda, R., Diaz, P.H., Gibson, R., Schwartz, B. and Hutchins, B.T. (2023)
- Janzen, F.H., Pérez-Rodríguez, R., Domínguez-Domínguez, O., Hendrickson, D.A., Sabaj, M.H. and Blouin-Demers, G. (2023)
- Federal Register (2023)
| Eigenmann, C.H. | Journal Article | 1919 | Trogloglanis pattersoni, a new blind fish from San Antonio, Texas |
| Hubbs, C.L. and Bailey, R.M. | Journal Article | 1947 | Blind catfishes from artesian waters of Texas |
| Taylor, W. R. | Thesis | 1955 | A revision of the genus Noturus Rafinesque with a contribution to the classification of the North American catfishes |
| Suttkus, R. D. | Journal Article | 1961 | Additional information about blind catfishes from Texas |
| Reddell, J. R. | Journal Article | 1967 | A checklist of the cave fauna of Texas. III Vertebrates |
| Taylor, W. R. | Journal Article | 1969 | A revision of the catfish genus Noturus Rafinesque, with an analysis of higher groups in the Ictaluridae |
| Reddell, J.R. and Mitchell, R.W. | Journal Article | 1969 | A checklist and annotated bibliography of the subterranean aquatic fauna of Texas |
| Lundberg, J.G. | Thesis | 1970 | The evolutionary history of north American catfishes, family Ictaluridae |
| Hubbs, C. | Book Section | 1971 | Fishes of Texas caves |
| Lundelius, E. L. and Slaughter, B. H. | Book | 1971 | Natural history of Texas caves |
| Reddell, J. R. | Journal Article | 1971 | A checklist of the cave fauna of Texas. 6 Additional records of vertebrates |
| Species, Texas Organisation for Endangered | Journal Article | 1975 | T.O.E.S. watchlist of endangered, threatened and peripheral vertebrates of Texas |
| Winograd, I.J. and Pearson, F.J. | Journal Article | 1976 | Major Carbon-14 anomaly in a regional carbonate aquifer: Possible evidence for megascale channeling, south-central Great Basin |
| Longley, G. | Journal Article | 1977 | Preliminary report of biological investigations: Valdina Farms sinkhole, Medina County, Texas |
| Karnei, H. | Thesis | 1978 | Survey of the subterranean fauna, Bexar County, Texas |
| Longley, G. | Journal Article | 1979 | Subterranean aquatic fauna of the Edwards aquifer in Texas, as indicated by samples from wells and springs |
| Longley, G. and Karnei, H. | Journal Article | 1979 | Status of Trogloglanis pattersoni Eigenmann, the toothless blindcat |
| Karnei, H. | Journal Article | 1979 | Status of the troglobitic blind catfishes, Trogloglanis pattersoni and Satan eurystomus, in Bexar County, Texas |
| Longley, G. and Karnei, H. | Journal Article | 1979 | Status of Satan eurystomus Hubbs and Bailey, the widemouth blindcat |
| Cooper, J.E. and Longley, G. | Book Section | 1980 | Satan eurystmus Hubbs and Bailey Widemouth blindcat |
| Cooper, J.E. and Longley, G. | Book Section | 1980 | Trogloglanis pattersoni Eigenmann Toothless blindcat |
| Longley, G. | Journal Article | 1981 | The Edwards aquifer: Earths most diverse groundwater ecosystem ? |
| LeGrande, W. H. | Journal Article | 1981 | Chromosomal evolution in North American catfishes (Siluriformes, Ictaluridae) with particular emphasis on the Madtoms, Noturus |
| Lundberg, J.G. | Journal Article | 1982 | The comparative anatomy of the toothless blindcat, Trogloglanis pattersoni Eigenmann, with a phylogenetic analysis of the ictalurid fishes |
| Winograd, I. J. and Roberston, F. N. | Journal Article | 1982 | Deep oxygenated groundwater: anomaly or common occurence ? |
| Edwards, R.J., Beaty, H.E., Longley, G., Riskind, D.H., Tupa, D.D. and Whiteside, B.G. | Book | 1984 | The San Marcos recovery plan |
| Longley, G. | Book Section | 1986 | The biota of the Edwards Aquifer and the implications for zoogeography |
| Amemiya, C.T., Kelsch, S.W., Hendricks, F.S. and Gold, J.R. | Journal Article | 1986 | The karyoptype of the Mexican blindcat, Prietalla phreatophila Carranza (Ictaluridae) |
| Woodruff, C. M. and Abbott, P. L. | Book Section | 1986 | Stream piracy and the evolution of the Edwards Aquifer along the Balcones escarpment, central Texas |
| Moravec, F. and Huffman, D.G. | Journal Article | 1988 | Rhabdochona longleyi sp. n. (Nematoda, Rhabdochonidae) from the blind catfishes, Trogloglanis pattersoni and Satan eurystomus (Ictaluridae) from the subterranean waters of Texas |
| Edwards, R.J., Longley, G., Moss, R., Ward, G., Matthews, R. and Stewart, B. | Journal Article | 1989 | A classification of Texas aquatic communities with special consideration toward the conservation of enangered and threatened taxa |
| Williams, J.E., Johnson, J.E., Hendrickson, D.A., Conteras-Balderas, S., Williams, J.D., Navarro-Mondoza, M., McAllister, D.E. and Deacon, J.E. | Journal Article | 1989 | Fishes of North America endangered, threatened or of special concern 1989 |
| Kroschewsky, J. R. | Journal Article | 1990 | The Edwards Aquifer Research and Data Centre: Objectives and accomplishments |
| Kuehn, K.A. and Koehn, R.D. | Journal Article | 1991 | Fungal populations isolated from Ezells Cave in south Texas |
| Langecker, T.G. and Longley, G. | Book Section | 1992 | Blind catfish (Trogloglanis pattersoni and Satan eurystomus) from deep artesian waters. A study on convergent adaptations to cave and deep sea biota |
| Langecker, T.G. and Longley, G. | Journal Article | 1992 | Blind catfish (Trogloglanis pattersoni and Satan eurystomus) from deep artesian waters: A study on convergant adaptation to cave and deep sea biotas |
| Lundberg, J.G. | Book Section | 1992 | The phylogeny of ictalurid catfishes: a synthesis of recent work |
| Kuehn, K.A., O'Neil, R.M. and Koehn, R.D. | Journal Article | 1992 | Viable photosynthetic microalgal isolates from aphotic environments of the Edwards Aquifer (central Texas) |
| Langecker, T.G. and Longley, G. | Journal Article | 1993 | Morphological adaptations of the Texas blind catfishes Trogloglanis pattersoni and Satan eurystomus (iluriformes, Ictaluridae) to their underground environment |
| Bowles, D.E. and Arsuffi, T.L. | Journal Article | 1993 | Karst aquatic ecosystems of the Edwards Plateau region of central Texas, USA: A consideration of their importance, threats to their existence, and efforts for their conservation |
| Walsh, S.J. and Gilbert, C.R. | Journal Article | 1995 | New species of troglobitic catfish of the genus Prietella (Siluriformes, Ictaluridae) from Northeastern Mexico |
| Maclay, R.W. | Report | 1995 | Geology and hydrology of the Edwards Aquifer in the San Antonio area, Texas |
| Campbell, L. | Book | 1995 | Endangered and threatened animals of Texas: Their life history and management. |
| Longley, G. and Jordan, W.R. | Journal Article | 1997 | Management of the Edwards Aquifer region - How the Endangered Species Act influenced action |
| Hendrickson, D.A., Krejca, J. and Rodriguez Martinez, J.M. | Journal Article | 1998 | Blind catfish (Prietella: Ictaluridae) phylogenies and troglobitic invertebrates as indicators of international (Mexico-USA) subterranean aquatic interconnections, and as tools for environmental risk assessment |
| Hendrickson, D.A. and Krejca, J. | Book Section | 2000 | Subterranean freshwater diversity in northeastern Mexico and Texas |
| Krejca, J., Hendrickson, D.A. and Taylor, S.J. | Journal Article | 2000 | Using stygobites to follow groundwater in Texas and Mexico |
| Hendrickson, D.A., Krejca, J. and Rodriguez Martinez, J.M. | Journal Article | 2001 | Mexican blindcats genus Prietella (Siluriformes: Ictaluridae): An overview of recent explorations |
| Northup, D.E. and Lavoie, K.H. | Journal Article | 2001 | Geomicrobiology of caves: A review |
| Wilcox, T.P., Garcia de Leon, F.J., Hendrickson, D.A. and Hillis, D.M. | Journal Article | 2004 | Convergence among cave catfishes: long-branch attraction and a Bayesian relative rates test |
| Boghici, R. | Report | 2004 | Hydrogeology of Edwards and Trinity Aquifer of Texas and Coahuila in the Border Region |
| Krejca, J. | Journal Article | 2005 | Stygobite phylogenetics as a tool for determining aquifer evolution |
| Sullivan, J.P., Lundberg, J.G. and Hardman, M. | Journal Article | 2006 | A phylogenetic analysis of the major groups of catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes) using rag1 and rag2 nuclear gene sequences |
| Taylor, S.J., Weckstein, J.D., Takiya, D.M., Krejca, J.K., Murdoch, J.D., Veni, G., Johnson, K.P. and Reddell, J.R. | Report | 2007 | Phylogeography of cave crickets (Ceuthophilus spp.) in central Texas: A keystone taxon for the conservation and management of federally listed endangered cave arthropods |
| Engel, A.S. | Journal Article | 2007 | Observations on the biodiversity of sulfidic karst habitats |
| Bendik, N.F., Gluesenkamp, A.G. and Chippindale, P.T. | Conference Paper | 2009 | The biogeography and rapid radiation of central Texas neotenic salamanders |
| Chippindale, P.T., Gluesenkamp, A.G. and Bendik, N.F. | Conference Paper | 2009 | Texas cave and spring salamanders (Eurycea): new discoveries and new surprises |
| White, K., Davidson, G.R. and Paquin, P. | Journal Article | 2009 | Hydrologic evolution of the Edwards Aquifer recharge zone (Balcones fault zone) as recorded in the DNA of eyeless Cicurina cave spiders, south-central Texas |
| Egge, J.J.D. | Book Section | 2010 | Systematics if ictalurid catfishes: a review of the evidence |
| Dahdul, W.M., Lundberg, J.G., Midford, P.E., Balhoff, J.P., Lapp, H., Vision, T.J., Haendel, M.A., Westerfield, M. and Mabee, P.M. | Journal Article | 2010 | The Teleost anatomy ontology: Anatomocal representation for the genomics age |
| Zara Environmental LLC | Report | 2010 | Final Report for deep aquifer biota study of the Edwards Aquifer |
| Gary, M.O., Gary, R.H. and Hunt, B.B. | Journal Article | 2011 | Interconnection of the Trinity (Glen Rose) and Edwards Aquifers along the Balcones Fault Zone and related topics |
| Edwards Aquifer Authority | Web Page | 2011 | Drop inside the Edwards Aquifer |
| Edwards Aquifer Authority | Web Page | 2011 | How an aquifer works |
| McDermid, K. | Conference Paper | 2013 | Biological sampling through wells as windows into the Edwards Aquifer |
| Bendik, N.F., Meik, J.M., Gluesenkamp, A.G., Roelke, C.E. and Chippindale, P.T. | Journal Article | 2013 | Biogeography, phylogeny, and morphological evolution of central Texas cave and spring salamanders |
| Bishop, R., Humphreys, W.F. and Longley, G. | Journal Article | 2014 | Epigean and hypogean palaemonetes sp. (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) from Edwards Aquifer: an examination of trophic structure and metabolism. |
| Zara Environmental LLC | Report | 2014 | Fauna of wells near the saline waterline of the Edwards Aquifer, Texas |
| Engel, A.S. (ed.) | Book | 2015 | Microbial Life of Cave Systems: Unique focus on the microbial life of caves, the ecological processes and geological consequences attributed to microbes in cave environments |
| Coleman, W.T., Hutchins, B.T. and Schwartz, B.F. | Conference Paper | 2016 | Dynamics of detectability: Insights from high-frequency sampling at a stygobiont hot-spot, Edwards Aquifer, Texas |
| Hutchins, B.T., Engel, A.S., Nowlin, W.H. and Schwartz, B.F. | Conference Paper | 2016 | Biodiversity, stability, and trophic complexity in the Edwards Aquifer, United States: The influence of chemolithoautotrophy on stygobiont community structure |
| Hutchins, B.T. | Conference Paper | 2016 | Conservation status of stygobionts in Texas, United States. |
| Coleman, W.T. | Conference Paper | 2016 | Dynamics of detectability: Insights from high-frequency sampling at a stygobiont hot-spot, Edwards Aquifer, Texas |
| Hendrickson, D.A., Johnson, J., Sprouse, P.S., Howard, S., Garrett, G.P. Krejca, J.K., Gluesenkamp, W., Paulín, J.A.D., Dugan, L., Cohen, A.E., Espriú, A.H., Sullivan, J.P., Fenol, D.B., Karges, J., Smith, R., García De León, F.J., Wolaver, B. and Reddell | Conference Paper | 2016 | Discovery of the Mexican Blindcat, Prietella phreatophila in the U.S and an update on its rangewide conservation status |
| Hutchins, B., Engel, A., Nowlin, W., and Schwartz, B. | Journal Article | 2016 | Chemolithoautotrophy supports macroinvertebrate food webs and affects diversity and stability in groundwater communities |
| Airhart, M.G. | Web Page | 2017 | Scientists on the trail of central Texas' elusive Satan fish |
| Hendrickson, D.A., Hernández‐ Espriú, A., Dugan, L., Sprouse, P., Dávila Paulín, J.A., Krejca, J., Gluesenkamp, A., Reddell, J., Smith, R., Howard, S., Johnson, J., Garrett, G.P., Cohen, A.E., García De León, F.J., Wolaver, B.P. and Fenolio, D.B. | Conference Paper | 2017 | Discovery of endangered Mexican Blindcat, Prietella phreatophila , in Texas: Implications for international groundwater management and evolution of the regional karst aquifer biota |
| Lundberg, J.G., Hendrickson, D.A., Luckenbill, K.R. and Arce, M. | Journal Article | 2017 | Satan's skeleton revealed: a tomographic and comparative osteology of Satan eurystomus, the subterranean Widemouth Blindcat (Siluriformes, Ictaluridae) |
| Gluesenkamp, A., Hendrickson, D., and Sprouse, P. | Conference Paper | 2017 | The Mexican Blindcat project: New discoveries and future efforts |
| Arce, M., Lundberg, J.G. and O'Leary, M.A. | Journal Article | 2017 | Phylogeny of the North American catfish Family Ictaluridae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) combining morphology, genes and fossils |
| Gluesenkamp, A. Hendrickson, D.A. and Sprouse, P.S. | Journal Article | 2018 | The Mexican Blindcat Project: new discoveries and future efforts |
| Nissen, B.D., Devitt, T.J., Bendik, N.F., Gluesenkamp, A.G., Gibson, R. | Journal Article | 2018 | New occurrence records for stygobiontic invertebrates from the Edwards and Trinity aquifers in west-central Texas, USA |
| Hutchins, B.T. | Journal Article | 2018 | The conservation status of Texas groundwater invertebrates |
| Green, R.T., Bertetti, F.P., Fratesi, B. and Schinfel, G.M. | Book Section | 2019 | San Antonio Pool of the Edwards (Balcones Fault Zone) aquifer |
| Krejca, J. and Reddell, J. | Book Section | 2019 | Biology and ecology of the Edwards aquifer |
| Johnson, S., Schindel, G.M., and Van Brahana, J. | Book Section | 2019 | Tracer testing in the Edwards Aquifer |
| Niemiller, M.L., Taylor, S.J., Slay, M.E. and Hobbs, H.H. III | Book Section | 2019 | Biodiversity in the United States and Canada |
| Devitt, T.J., Wright, A.M., Cannatella, D.C. and Hillis, D.M. | Journal Article | 2019 | Species delimitation in endangered groundwater salamanders: Implications for aquifer management and biodiversity conservation |
| Arroyave, J., Schmitter-Soto, J. and Lyons, T.J. | Web Page | 2019 | Typhlias pearsei. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019 e.T39296A2896759 |
| Nair, P. | Thesis | 2019 | Ecophysiology and food web dynamics of spring ecotone communities in the Edwards Aquifer, USA |
| Lyons, K.M. | Thesis | 2019 | Exploring the distribution of groundwater salamanders and catfish with environmental DNA |
| Devitt, T.J. | Book Section | 2019 | Evolution of Edwards-Trinity aquifer biodiversity: Insights from phylogeography |
| Devitt, T. | Journal Article | 2019 | Creatures of the deep karst |
| Sharp, J.M., Green, R.T. and Schindel, G.M. | Book | 2019 | The Edwards Aquifer : the past, present, and future of a vital water resource |
| Burr, B.M., Warren, M.L. and Bennett, M.G. | Book Section | 2020 | Ictaluridae: North American catfishes |
| Warren, M.L. and Burr, B.M. | Book | 2020 | Freshwater fishes of North America. Volume 2 Characidae to Poeciliidae |
| Lyons, T.J., Máiz-Tomé, L., Tognelli, M., Daniels, A., Meredith, C., Bullock, R. and Harrison, I., Contreras-MacBeath, T., Hendrickson, D.A., Arroyave, J., Mercado Silva, N., Köck, M., Domínguez Domínguez, O., Valdés González, A., Espinosa Pérez et al. | Book | 2020 | The status and distribution of freshwater fishes in Mexico |
| Hutchins, B.T., Gibson, J.R., Diaz, P.H. and Schwartz, B.F. | Journal Article | 2021 | Stygobiont diversity in the San Marcos Artesian Well and Edwards Aquifer groundwater ecosystem, Texas, USA. |
| Gibson, R., Hutchins, B.T., Krejca, J.K., Diaz, P.H. and Sprouse. P.S. | Journal Article | 2021 | Stygobromus bakeri, a new species of groundwater amphipod (Amphipoda, Crangonyctidae) associated with the Trinity and Edwards aquifers of central Texas, USA |
| Gibson, R., Hutchins, B.T., Krejca, J.K., Diaz, P.H. and Sprouse. P.S. | Journal Article | 2021 | Corrigenda: Stygobromus bakeri, a new species of groundwater amphipod (Amphipoda, Crangonyctidae) associated with the Trinity and Edwards aquifers of central Texas, USA |
| Corrington, C.A. | Thesis | 2022 | Spatial gradients and food web structure of groundwater communities |
| Hendrickson, D.A. and Cohen, A.E. | Web Page | 2022 | Fishes of Texas Project Database (Version 3.0) |
| Niemiller, M.L., Carter, E.T., Fenolio, D.B., Gluesenkamp, A.G. and Phillips, J.G. | Book Section | 2022 | Subterranean colonisation and diversification of cave-dwelling salamanders |
| Hendrickson, D.A., Lundberg, J., Luckenbill, K. and Arce-H, M. | Conference Paper | 2022 | Update on taxonomic and conservation status of North American blindcats (Ictaluridae) |
| Hendrickson, D.A. | Web Page | 2022 | Fish of the Week!: North American Blindcats feat |
| Hendrickson, D.A. | Web Page | 2022 | Blind cave catfishes |
| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Web Page | 2023 | Two rare Texas cavefish proposed for Listing under Endangered Species Act. Groundwater well uptake is primary threat increasing risk of extinction |
| Janzen, F. | Thesis | 2023 | Evolutionary biogeography of catfishes (Siluriformes, Actinopterygii): The influence of habitat and landscape on gene flow and genetic diversification |
| Perez, K.E., Guerrero, Y., Castañeda, R., Diaz, P.H., Gibson, R., Schwartz, B. and Hutchins, B.T. | Journal Article | 2023 | Two new phreatic snails (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Cochliopidae) from the Edwards and Edwards-Trinity aquifers, Texas |
| Janzen, F.H., Pérez-Rodríguez, R., Domínguez-Domínguez, O., Hendrickson, D.A., Sabaj, M.H. and Blouin-Demers, G. | Journal Article | 2023 | Phylogenetic relationships of the North American catfishes (Ictaluridae, Siluriformes): investigating the origins and parallel evolution of the troglodytic species |
| Federal Register | Web Page | 2023 | Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered species status for Toothless Blindcat and Widemouth Blindcat. A Proposed Rule by the Fish and Wildlife Service on 08/22/2023 |