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 |
Horaglanis is a genus of small airbreathing catfishes that are endemic to Kerala in India. The four known species are all adapted to life underground, lack pigmentation and are blind.
This genus and Kryptoglanis, both from the Western Ghats, are the only known underground-living catfish in India.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:
- Horaglanis abdulkalami Subhash Babu, 2012
- Horaglanis alikunhii Subhash Babu & C. K. G. Nayar, 2004
- Horaglanis krishnai Menon, 1950 (Indian blind catfish)
- Horaglanis populi Raghavan, Remya L Sundar, CP Arjun, Britz and Dahanukar, 2023
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Horaglanis". FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers | |
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