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THE Amblyopsis spelæus undoubtedly has quite an extensive distribution, probably existing in all the subterranean rivers that flow through the great limestone region underlying the Carboniferous rocks in the central portion of the United Stales. Prof. Cope obtained specimens from the Wyandotte Cave and from wells in its vicinity, and in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge there is a specimen labelled “from a well near Lost River, Orange Co., Ind.,” which, with those from the Wyandotte Cave, is conclusive evidence of its being found on the northern side of the Ohio† as well as on the southern, in the rivers of the Mammoth Cave. I have been able to examine a number of specimens from the Mammoth Cave, and have carefully compared with them the one from the well in Orange Co., Ind., and find that the specific characters are remarkably constant.
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PUTNAM, F. The Blind Fishes of the Mammoth Cave and Their Allies* . Nature 6, 415–417 (1872). https://doi.org/10.1038/006415b0
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