Common Name: None given. Etymology:caeco
(L) blind; cypris because it is a cyprinid; basimi after
Basim M. Al-Azzawi, the collector of the specimens. Major Synonyms: None. History: Collected for the first time by Basim M. Al-Azzawi,
a collector with the Natural History Research Center of the University of
Baghdad, on 21 October 1977 while visiting the locality of T.
widdowsoni in order to collect specimens of the latter species.
Eye Condition:
Eyeless with the orbit filled with fatty tissue; vestigial eyes are
present only in juveniles.