''Neolissochilus subterraneus'', commonly known as the cave brook carp, is a species of

cyprinid Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest verte ...

cavefish Cavefish or cave fish is a generic term for fresh and brackish water fish adapted to life in caves and other underground habitats. Related terms are subterranean fish, troglomorphic fish, troglobitic fish, stygobitic fish, phreatic fish and hypog ...

that is

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to the Tham Phra Wang Daeng cave within

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, Phitsanulok Province in

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. The

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name derives from the Greek words "neos", "lissos", and "cheilos"; they mean new, smooth, and lip respectively.

Habitat

''Neolissochilus subterraneus'' lives primarily if not exclusively in the Tham Phra Wang Daeng cave at a depth of . Fish at different life stages inhabit different areas of the cave.

Diet

''Neolissochilus subterraneus'' has a largely

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-based diet, along with bat guano.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3768307 Cave fish Fish of Thailand Cyprinid fish of Asia Fish described in 2003 Taxa named by Chavalit Vidthayanon Taxa named by Maurice Kottelat