Horaglanis
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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]
Etymology
The genus is named in honor of Indian ichthyologist Sunder Lal Hora (1896–1955), the Director, of the Zoological Survey of India.[4]
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]
- 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
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