Horaglanis Explained

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.^[1]

This genus and Kryptoglanis, both from the Western Ghats, are the only known underground-living catfish in India.^{[1] [2]}

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, Sundar, Arjun, Britz & Dahanukar, 2023

Notes and References

1. Babu, K.K.S. (2012): Horaglanis abdulkalami, a new hypogean blind catfish (Siluriformes: Clariidae) from Kerala, India. Samagra CRIKSC Journal, 8: 51-56.
2. 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 .