Graham S Proudlove

• The University of Manchester

Global climate changes during the Cenozoic (65.5 - 0 Ma) caused major biological range shifts and extinctions. In Northern Europe, for example, a pattern of few endemics and the dominance of wide-ranging species is thought to have been determined by the Pleistocene (2.59 - 0.01 Ma) glaciations. This study, in contrast, reveals an ancient subsurface...

The invertebrate ecology of aquifers has received little attention. This paper presents an analysis of stygobite (obligate groundwater) fauna from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales). A review is presented of the ecosystem functions performed by these creatures, their potential vulnerability to anthropogenic stress including water pollution...

The Niphargus kochianus group is one of the most westerly and northerly components of the genus Niphargus. All taxa within the group were delimited by morphological characters. However, recent research suggests that morphology alone is inadequate in determining species boundaries in troglobiotic organisms. We used two molecular markers to examine n...

Schistura papulifera, new species, is described from a cave of the Synrang Pamiang system, Meghalaya State, India. It is distinguished from all other known species of Schistura in having the lower half of the head covered by small skin pro- jections and 5 pores in the supratemporal canal of the cephalic lateral-line system. In addition, it has a wh...

Schistura papulifera, new species, is described from a cave of the Synrang Pamiang system, Meghalaya State, India. It is distinguished from all other known species of Schistura in having the lower half of the head covered by small skin projections and 5 pores in the supratemporal canal of the cephalic lateral-line system. In addition, it has a whit...

Schistura papulifera, new species, is described from a cave of the Synrang Pamiang system, Meghalaya State, India. It is distinguished from all other known species of Schistura in having the lower half of the head covered by small skin projections and 5 pores in the supratemporal canal of the cephalic lateral-line system. In addition, it has a whit...

The Amblyopsidae is a small, mostly subterranean family of freshwater fishes endemic to the eastern and central United States. Body shape is gobylike, head large. Mouth usually oblique with lower jaw protruding beyond upper. Eye development varies from externally visible eyes to rudimentary eyes hidden under the skin. No spines present in fins, exc...

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Hypogean fishes are susceptible to five main threats: habitat degradation, hydrological manipulations, environmental pollution, overexploitation, and introduced alien species. Because they are endemic to small areas and have small populations, any threat could have serious consequences. For these reasons most populations have been considered threat...

Examines the conservation status of the cavefish Caecobarbus geertsi.

Common name: Anguila ciega, anguila ciega yucateca (S). Conservation status: Endangered (IUCN). Identification: Total lack of external eyes and melanin pigment. Muzzle spatulate. Up to 325 mm SL. Lack of scales. Head long and bulb shaped with sensitive pores. Caudal region 37–54% longer than in other synbranchids (drawing by Rhian Hicks, 325 mm TL)...

Common names: Sak kay (Mayan = white fish), dama blanca ciega (S). Conservation status: Endangered (IUCN), VU(D2) (IUCN). Identification: Total absence of eyes. Appearing white with pink posterior margins. Compressed and naked head with large, well developed sensory cavities and papillae. Longitudinal split at mouth edges, nose opening adjacent to...