Aquarium dumping putting Australia's few cavefish at risk inland from Ningaloo Reef

There are only three true cavefish in Australia — including the blind cave eel — which all reside in the country's north-west, inland from the Ningaloo Reef. But pet owners have been disposing of unwanted invasive species in the same waters.

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