A blind fish is a
fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of ...
without functional eyes.
Most blind fish species are found in dark habitats such as the deep ocean, deep river channels and
underground.
Blind fish species
Agnathans
Agnatha (, Ancient Greek 'without jaws') is an infraphylum of jawless fish in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, consisting of both present (cyclostomes) and extinct (conodonts and ostracoderms) species. Among recent animals, cyclosto ...
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Myxine glutinosa''
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Myxine circifrons
''Myxine'' is a genus of hagfish, from the Greek μυξῖνος (''myxinos'', "slimy").
In 2021, three new species of ''Myxine'' were described from the Galápagos including '' M. phantasma'', the only species of ''Myxine'' to not have mela ...
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Polistotrema stouti''
Cartilaginous fishes
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Torpediniformes Fernando de Buen y Lozano was a Spanish ichthyologist and oceanographer
Oceanography (), also known as oceanology and ocean science, is the scientific study of the oceans. It is an Earth science, which covers a wide range of topics, including ...
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Benthobatis moresbyi''
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Typhlonarke aysoni''
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Typhlonarke tarakea''
Bony fishes
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Anguilliformes
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Moringuidae
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Moringua abbreviata''
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Salmoniformes
Salmonidae is a family of ray-finned fish that constitutes the only currently extant family in the order Salmoniformes . It includes salmon (both Atlantic and Pacific species), trout (both ocean-going and landlocked), chars, freshwater whitefis ...
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Ipnopidae
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Ipnops murrayi''
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Ipnops agassizi''
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Ipnops meadi''
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Bathymicrops regis''
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Bathymicrops brevianalis''
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Bathyphlops sewelli''
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Characiformes
Characiformes is an order of ray-finned fish, comprising the characins and their allies. Grouped in 18 recognized families, more than 2000 different species are described, including the well-known piranha and tetras.; Buckup P.A.: "Relationsh ...
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Characidae
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Anoptichthys jordani''
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Anoptichthys hubbsi''
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Anoptichthys antrobius''
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Stygichthys typhlops''
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Cypriniformes
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Cyprinidae
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Caecobarbus geertsii''
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Barbopsis devecchii''
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Iranocypris typhlops''
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Phreatichthys andruzzii''
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Typhlogarra widdowsoni''
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Puntius microps''
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Sinocyclocheilus anophthalmus''
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Cobitidae
Cobitidae, also known as the True loaches, is a family of Old World freshwater fish. They occur throughout Eurasia and in Morocco, and inhabit riverine ecosystems. Today, most " loaches" are placed in other families (see below). The family in ...
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Cryptotora thamicola''
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Nemacheilus troglocataractus''
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Nemacheilus starostini''
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Schistura spiesi''
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Schistura oedipus''
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Schistura deansmarti''
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Schistura kaysonei''
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Oreonectes anophthalmus''
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Heminoemacheilus hyalinus''
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Percopsiformes
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Amblyopsidae
The Amblyopsidae are a fish family commonly referred to as cavefish, blindfish, or swampfish. They are small freshwater fish found in the dark environments of caves (underground lakes, pools, rivers and streams), springs and swamps in the easter ...
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Amblyopsis rosae''
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Amblyopsis spelaea''
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Chologaster cornuta''
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Forbesichthys agassizii''
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Speoplatyrhinus poulsoni''
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Typhlichthys subterraneus
''Typhlichthys subterraneus'', the southern cavefish, is a species of cavefish in the family Amblyopsidae endemic to karst regions of the eastern United States.
Taxonomy
''T. subterraneus'' is a one of five obligate troglobitic species in Ambl ...
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Siluriformes
Catfish (or catfishes; order Siluriformes or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish. Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the three largest species alive, ...
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Ictaluridae
The Ictaluridae, sometimes called ictalurids, are a family of catfish native to North America, where they are an important food source and sometimes fished for sport. The family includes about 51 species, some commonly known as bullheads, madt ...
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Ameiurus nebulosus''
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Prietella phreatophila''
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Prietella lundbergi''
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Satan eurystomus''
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Trichomycteridae
Trichomycteridae is a family of catfishes commonly known as pencil catfishes or parasitic catfishes. This family includes the candiru fish (''Vandellia cirrhosa''), feared by some people for its alleged habit of entering into the urethra of hum ...
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Cetopsis caecutiens''
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Phreatobius cisternarum''
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Pareiodon microps''
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Phreatobius sanguijuela''
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Phreatobius dracunculus''
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Pimelodidae
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Caecorhamdia urichi''
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Caecorhamdella brasiliensis''
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Pimelodella kronei
''Pimelodella kronei'' is a species of three-barbeled catfish endemic to Brazil. Discovered by the German naturalist Sigismund Ernst Richard Krone, it was the first troglobitic fish described in Brazil, but several others have been described lat ...
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Clariidae
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Channallabes apus''
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Dolichallabes microphthalmus''
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Gymnallabes tihoni''
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Horaglanis Krishnai''
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Uegitglanis zammaranoi''
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Typhlichthys subterraneus
''Typhlichthys subterraneus'', the southern cavefish, is a species of cavefish in the family Amblyopsidae endemic to karst regions of the eastern United States.
Taxonomy
''T. subterraneus'' is a one of five obligate troglobitic species in Ambl ...
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Lophiiformes
The anglerfish are fish of the teleost order Lophiiformes (). They are bony fish named for their characteristic mode of predation, in which a modified luminescent fin ray (the esca or illicium) acts as a lure for other fish. The luminescence co ...
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Diceratiidae
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Bufoceratias wedli''
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Neoceratiidae
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Neoceratias spinifer''
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Ceratiidae
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Cryptopsaras couesii''
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Ceratias holboelli
''Ceratias'' is a small genus of seadevils.
Species
There are currently three recognized species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A spec ...
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Ophidiiformes
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Aphyonidae
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Aphyonus gelatinosus''
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Aphyonus mollis''
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Barathronus bicolor''
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Barathronus parfaiti''
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Barathronus affinis''
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Barathronus diaphanus''
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Bythitidae
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Ogilbia galapagosensis''
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Dermatopsis macrodon''
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Dipulus caecus''
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Ophidiidae
The cusk-eel family, Ophidiidae, is a group of marine bony fishes in the Ophidiiformes order. The scientific name is from the Greek ''ophis'' meaning "snake", and refers to their eel-like appearance. True eels, however, diverged from other ray- ...
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Leucicorus lusciosus''
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Leucochlamys cryptophthalmus''
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Leucochlamys jonassoni''
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Lucifuca subterraneus''
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Monothrix polylepis''
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Sciadonus pedicellaris''
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Sciadonus kullenbergi''
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Tauredophidium hextii''
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Sciadonus cryptophthalmus
''Sciadonus'' is a genus of blind cusk eels.
The generic name is derived from Greek σκίαινα (''skíaina'', “sea-fish, red mullet") and ὄνος (''onos'', "hake").
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:
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Typhliasina pearsi''
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Tauredophidium hextii''
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Typhlonus nasus''
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Synbranchiformes
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Synbranchidae
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Ophisternon candidum
The blind cave eel (''Ophisternon candidum'') is a species of cavefish in the family Synbranchidae. It is the longest cavefish in Australia (up to ) and one of the only three vertebrates in Australia that is restricted to underground waters, the ...
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Macrotrema caligans''
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Ophisternon bengalense
''Ophisternon bengalense'' the Bengal eel, Bengal mudeel or onegill eel, is a species of fish in the family Synbranchidae. It is endemic to freshwater and brackish water rivers and swamps in Oceania and South Asia. It is normally 100 cm in ma ...
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Ophisternon infernale
The blind swamp eel (''Ophisternon infernale'') is a species of fish in the family Synbranchidae. It is endemic to Mexico where it lives in cave systems and is known in Spanish as the '. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has rat ...
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Monopterus boueti''
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Mastacembelidae
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Mastacembelus brichardi''
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Perciformes
Perciformes (), also called the Percomorpha or Acanthopteri, is an order or superorder of ray-finned fish. If considered a single order, they are the most numerous order of vertebrates, containing about 41% of all bony fish. Perciformes means ...
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Gobiidae
Gobiidae or gobies is a family of bony fish in the order Gobiiformes, one of the largest fish families comprising more than 2,000 species in more than 200 genera. Most of gobiid fish are relatively small, typically less than in length, and the ...
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Caragobius urolepis''
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Lethops connectens''
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Luciogobius albus''
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Milyeringa veritas''
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Typhleotris madagascariensis''
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Caragobius urolepis''
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Gobioididae
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Brachyamblyopus brachysoma''
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Brachyamblyopus multiradiatus''
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Brachyamblyopus coectus''
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Brachyamblyopus urolepis''
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Brachyamblyopus intermedius''
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Taenioides cirratus
''Taenioides cirratus'',the Bearded worm goby, is a species of worm goby native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean from islands offshore of eastern Africa to New Caledonia and from Japan to Australia. This species can be found in ...
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Taenioides eruptionis
''Taenioides'' is a genus of gobies native to fresh, brackish, and marine waters of the coastal areas of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Species
Thirteen recognized species are in this genus:
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Taenioides anguillaris
''Taenioides'' is a genus of gobies native to fresh, brackish, and marine waters of the coastal areas of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Species
Thirteen recognized species are in this genus:
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Taenioidesrubicundus''
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Trypauchen vagina''
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Trypauchen raha''
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Trypauchen taenia''
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Trypauchenichthys sumatrensis''
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Trypauchenichthys typus''
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Paratrypauchen microcephalus''
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Pleuronectiformes
A flatfish is a member of the ray-finned demersal fish order Pleuronectiformes, also called the Heterosomata, sometimes classified as a suborder of Perciformes. In many species, both eyes lie on one side of the head, one or the other migrating ...
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Soleidae
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Typhlachirus caecus''
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Cetomimiformes
The Cetomimiformes or whalefishes are an order of small, deep-sea ray-finned fish. Some authoritiesE.g. Nelson (2006) include the whalefishes as part of the order Stephanoberyciformes, within the superfamily Cetomimoidea. Their sister order, the ...
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Cetominidae
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Ditropichthys storeri''
See also
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Troglofauna
Troglofauna are small cave-dwelling animals that have adapted to their dark surroundings. Troglofauna and stygofauna are the two types of subterranean fauna (based on life-history). Both are associated with subterranean environments – troglofa ...
References
External links
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