Jakarta, Feb. 27 -- Indonesia's National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), in collaboration with the Indonesian Speleological Society and the Species Obscura Foundation, discovered a new species of blind cave fish in Bogor District, West Java.

In Jakarta on Thursday, Kunto Wibowo, a researcher from BRIN's Center for Biosystematics and Evolution Research, noted that the fish species was found inhabiting the Klapanunggal karst area, leading to its scientific naming as Barbodes klapanunggalensis .

He highlighted that this freshwater fish is completely blind, with its eyes degenerated into hollow structures covered by skin.

"Its body lacks black pigments, making it appear silverish-white, while its fins are translucent," Wibowo reveal...