Lucifuga subterranea
Poey 1858
Redrawn by Rhian Kendall from Nalbant (1981)
| ORDER | SUB-ORDER | FAMILY |
|---|---|---|
| Ophidiiformes | Bythitoidei | Bythitidae |
Note
Need to add to distribution
Need to add to systematics
Need to get RL details for cons
Synonyms
Lucifuga subterraneus Poey 1858
Lucifuga teresinarum Diaz Perez 1988
Country
CubaTypes
Holotype: ZMB 6341. This species is the type species by monotypy of the cave restricted genus Lucifuga.
Distribution
Type locality: Cueva de Cajio, potrero de Torres, dos leguas, (c. 8.5 km), Sur de Guira de Melena, Habana province, Cuba. Other sites from which this species has been collected are given by Garcia Debras, Gonzalez and Yager (1999) (22o-23oN, 80o-84oW).
Habitat
Inhabits anchialine caves.
Systematics
In the subfamily Brosmophycinae.
Conservation Status
Alfredo Garcia Debras (pers. comm.) reports that some historical locations for this species have been partially or totally destroyed, some are affected by pollution from industrial and/or domestic sources and others by various engineering works. He also states that some marine fish species have been introduced into the habitat of Lucifuga species, where they not only compete for resources (mainly food) but also actively prey on the cave fishes.
Museum Holdings
Only the above known about but there must be others in Museums in Cuba and the United States.
Key References
- Poey, F. (1858)
- Lane, H. H. (1903)
- Lane, H. H. (1908)
- Eigenmann, C. H. (1909)
- Nunez Jimenez, A. (1944)
- Cohen, D. M. and Robins, C. R. (1970)
- Juberthie, C. (1971)
- Taboada, G.S. (1974)
- Vina, N., Davila, Zaida and Grana, A. (1975)
- Durand, J. P. (1978)
- Cohen, D. M. and Nielsen, J. G. (1978)
- Thines, G. and Piquemal, M. (1978)
- Nunez Jimenez, A. (1980)
- Varela, E., Barros, O. and Jimenez, S. (1980)
- Vergara, R. (1980)
- Vergara, R. (1980)
- Nalbant, T. T. (1981)
- Vergara, R. (1981)
- Vergara, R. (1981)
- Burgess, G.H. (1983)
- Burgess, G. H. and Franz, R. (1987)
- Diaz Perez, P. A., Misas, E. and Virsida, G. (1987)
- Diaz Perez, P. A., Lima, A. M. and Machado, E. G. (1987)
- Diaz Perez, P. A. (1988)
- Wilkens, H., Strecker, U. and Yager, J. (1989)
- Garcia Debras, A. and Perez Gonzales, A. (1992)
- Garcia Debras, A. and Perez, A. (1992)
- Garcia-Debras, A and Perez-Gonzalez, A (1992)
- Yager, J., Spokane, R. B., Bozanic, J. E., Williams, D. W. and Balado, E. (1994)
- Coy, A., Garcia, N. and Ventosa, L. (1997)
- Coy Otero, Alberto, Garcia, Nayla and Ventosa, Luisa (1997)
- Durand, J.P. (1998)
- Cohen, D. M. and McCosker, J. E. (1998)
- Garcia Debras, A. and Gonzalez, A.P. (1999)
- Garcia, N., Coy, A. and Ventosa, L. (1999)
- Nielsen, J. G., Cohen, D. M., Markle, D.F. and Robins, C. R. (1999)
- Diaz Perez, P. A. (19xx)
- Moller, PR, Schwarzhans, W, Iliffe, TM and Nielsen, JG (2006)
- Casane, D, Hernandez, D, Garcia, A, Chevalier-Monteagudo, P, Bernathez, L and Garcia-Machado, E (2009)
- Garcia-Machado, E, Hernandez, D, Moller, PR, Bernatchez, L and Casane, D (2011)
- Garcia-Machado, E, Hernandez, D, Garcia-Debras, A, Chevalier-Monteagudo, P, Metcalfe, C, Bernatchez, L and Casane, D (2011)
- Moller, PR, Knudsen, SW, Schwarzhans, W and Nielsen, JG (2016)
- Hernandez, D., Casane, D., Chevalier-Monteagudo, P., Bernatchez, L. and Garcia-Machado, E. (2016)
| Poey, F. | Book | 1858 | Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba |
| Lane, H. H. | Journal Article | 1903 | The ovarian structure of the viviparous blind fishes Lucifuga and Stygicola |
| Lane, H. H. | Journal Article | 1908 | On the ovary and ova of the Cuban cavefishes |
| Eigenmann, C. H. | Journal Article | 1909 | Cave vertebrates of America, a study in degenerative evolution |
| Nunez Jimenez, A. | Journal Article | 1944 | Los peces ciegos en Cuba |
| Cohen, D. M. and Robins, C. R. | Journal Article | 1970 | A new ophidioid fish (Genus Lucifuga) from a limestone sink, New Providence Island, Bahamas |
| Juberthie, C. | Journal Article | 1971 | Notes sur l'ecologie des poissons souterraines de Cuba |
| Taboada, G.S. | Book | 1974 | Sinopsis de la espeleofauna Cubana. Serie espeleologica y carsologica No. 43 |
| Vina, N., Davila, Zaida and Grana, A. | Journal Article | 1975 | Contribucion al conocimiento de los peces cavernicolas de Cuba |
| Durand, J. P. | Journal Article | 1978 | Phenomenes de convergences tissulaires et cytologiques, lies aux processus degeneratifs qui affectent l'oeil chez deux teleoteens cavericoles Asytyanax (Anoptichthys) mexicanus (Characidae) et Lucifuga (Stygicola) dentatus (Ophidiidae) |
| Cohen, D. M. and Nielsen, J. G. | Journal Article | 1978 | Guide to the identification of genera of the fish order Ophidiiformes with a tentative classification of the order |
| Thines, G. and Piquemal, M. | Journal Article | 1978 | Observations sur les comportements de Lucifuga subterranea Poey (Pisces, Ophidiidae), poisson cavernicole de Cuba |
| Nunez Jimenez, A. | Journal Article | 1980 | 40 anos explorando a Cuba |
| Varela, E., Barros, O. and Jimenez, S. | Book Section | 1980 | The effects of sugar-waste disposal on a karstic limestone aquifer |
| Vergara, R. | Journal Article | 1980 | Estudio fenetico de los peces ciegos del genero Lucifuga |
| Vergara, R. | Journal Article | 1980 | Estudio filogenetico del los peces ciegos del genero Lucifuga (Pisces, Ophidiidae). I Sistematica filogenetica |
| Nalbant, T. T. | Journal Article | 1981 | A study of the subterranean species of Lucifuga from Cuba, with the description of Lucifuga simile sp. n. (Pisces, Ophidiiformes, Bythitidae) |
| Vergara, R. | Journal Article | 1981 | Estudio filogenetico del los peces ciegos del genero Lucifuga (Pisces, Ophidiidae). II Bibliografia filogenetica |
| Vergara, R. | Journal Article | 1981 | Estudio filogenetico del los peces ciegos del genero Lucifuga (Pisces, Ophidiidae). III Aspectos evolutivos |
| Burgess, G.H. | Book Section | 1983 | Lucifuga |
| Burgess, G. H. and Franz, R. | Book Section | 1987 | Zoogeography of the Antillean freshwater fish fauna |
| Diaz Perez, P. A., Misas, E. and Virsida, G. | Journal Article | 1987 | Peces ciegos fel genero Lucifuga (Ophidiiformes, Bythitidae) en dos casimbas cubanas |
| Diaz Perez, P. A., Lima, A. M. and Machado, E. G. | Journal Article | 1987 | Morfologia externa de ejemplares machos de Lucifuga Simile Nalbant, 1981 (Ophidiiformes, Bythitidae) |
| Diaz Perez, P. A. | Journal Article | 1988 | Lucifuga teresinarum sp. n. nueva especie cubana de peces troglobios (Ophidiiformes, Bythitidae) |
| Wilkens, H., Strecker, U. and Yager, J. | Journal Article | 1989 | Eye reduction and phylogenetic age of ophidiiform cave fishes |
| Garcia Debras, A. and Perez Gonzales, A. | Journal Article | 1992 | Nueva forma y neuva variante en la relacion de las aletas impares para Lucifuga simile Nalbant 1981 |
| Garcia Debras, A. and Perez, A. | Journal Article | 1992 | Nueva forma y nueve variante en la relacion de las aletas impares para Lucifuga simile Nalbant 1981 |
| Garcia-Debras, A and Perez-Gonzalez, A | Journal Article | 1992 | Nueva forma et nueva variante en la relacion de las aletas impares para Lucifuga simile Nalbant 1981 |
| Yager, J., Spokane, R. B., Bozanic, J. E., Williams, D. W. and Balado, E. | Journal Article | 1994 | An ecological comparison of two anchialine caves in Cuba with emphasis on water chemistry |
| Coy, A., Garcia, N. and Ventosa, L. | Journal Article | 1997 | Helmintos de peces cubanos del genero Lucifuga Poey, 1858 (Ophidiiformes: Bythitidae) |
| Coy Otero, Alberto, Garcia, Nayla and Ventosa, Luisa | Journal Article | 1997 | Helminths of Cuban fishes of the genus Lucifuga Poey 1858 (Ophidiiformes; Bythitidae). |
| Durand, J.P. | Journal Article | 1998 | Degenerescence spontanee des yeax du poisson cavernicole Lucifuga subterraneus Poey, 1861 (Teleostei, Ophidioidei) |
| Cohen, D. M. and McCosker, J. E. | Journal Article | 1998 | A new species of Bythitid fish, genus Lucifuga, from the Galapagos Islands |
| Garcia Debras, A. and Gonzalez, A.P. | Journal Article | 1999 | Estudio sobre la dieta de peces Cubanos (Ophidiiformes: Bythitidae) |
| Garcia, N., Coy, A. and Ventosa, L. | Journal Article | 1999 | Nematodos asociados a la espeleofauna Cubana |
| Nielsen, J. G., Cohen, D. M., Markle, D.F. and Robins, C. R. | Journal Article | 1999 | Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date |
| Diaz Perez, P. A. | Journal Article | 19xx | Caracteres meristicos comparados del Genero Lucifuga (Ophidiiformes, Bythitidae) |
| Moller, PR, Schwarzhans, W, Iliffe, TM and Nielsen, JG | Journal Article | 2006 | Revision of the Bahamian cave-fishes of the genus Lucifuga (Ophidiiformes, Bythitidae), with description of a new species from Islands on the Little Bahama bank |
| Casane, D, Hernandez, D, Garcia, A, Chevalier-Monteagudo, P, Bernathez, L and Garcia-Machado, E | Journal Article | 2009 | Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of Cuban cave fishes (genus Lucifuga) |
| Garcia-Machado, E, Hernandez, D, Moller, PR, Bernatchez, L and Casane, D | Journal Article | 2011 | Phylogenetic relationships among Cuban and Bahamian species of the blind cave-fishes genus Lucifuga: A shared lineage among two isoloated archipelagoes |
| Garcia-Machado, E, Hernandez, D, Garcia-Debras, A, Chevalier-Monteagudo, P, Metcalfe, C, Bernatchez, L and Casane, D | Journal Article | 2011 | Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of the Cuban cave-fishes of the genus Lucifuga: Evidence for cryptic allopatric diversity |
| Moller, PR, Knudsen, SW, Schwarzhans, W and Nielsen, JG | Journal Article | 2016 | A new classification of viviparous brotulas (Bythitidae) – with family status for Dinematichthyidae – based on molecular, morphological and fossil data |
| Hernandez, D., Casane, D., Chevalier-Monteagudo, P., Bernatchez, L. and Garcia-Machado, E. | Journal Article | 2016 | Go West: A One Way Stepping-Stone Dispersion Model for the Cavefish Lucifuga dentata in Western Cuba |