Horaglanis
Appearance
Horaglanis | |
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Horaglanis populi | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Clariidae |
Genus: | Horaglanis Menon, 1950 |
Type species | |
Horaglanis krishnai Menon, 1950
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Horaglanis is a genus of small airbreathing catfishes that are endemic to Kerala in India.[1] The four known species are all adapted to life underground, lack pigmentation and are blind.[2]
This genus and Kryptoglanis, both from the Western Ghats, are the only known underground-living catfish in India.[2][3]
Species
[edit]There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Horaglanis abdulkalami Subhash Babu, 2012
- Horaglanis alikunhii Subhash Babu & C. K. G. Nayar, 2004
- Horaglanis krishnai Menon, 1950 (Indian blind catfish)
- Horaglanis populi Raghavan, Sundar, Arjun, Britz & Dahanukar, 2023
References
[edit]- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Horaglanis in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ^ a b c Babu, K.K.S. (2012): Horaglanis abdulkalami, a new hypogean blind catfish (Siluriformes: Clariidae) from Kerala, India. Samagra CRIKSC Journal, 8: 51-56.
- ^ Britz, Ralf; Kakkassery, Francy; Raghavan, Rajeev (2014). "Osteology of Kryptoglanis shajii, a stygobitic catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from Peninsular India with a diagnosis of the new family Kryptoglanidae". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 24 (3): 193–207.