Horaglanis
Horaglanis is a genus of small airbreathing catfishes that are endemic to Kerala in India.[1] The three known species are all adapted to life underground, lack pigmentation and are blind.[2]
| Horaglanis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Clariidae |
| Genus: | Horaglanis Menon, 1950 |
| Type species | |
| Horaglanis krishnai Menon, 1950 | |
This genus and Kryptoglanis, both from the Western Ghats, are the only known underground-living catfish in India.[2][3]
Species
There are currently three 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)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Horaglanis in 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.
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