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]

Horaglanis
Horaglanis populi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Horaglanis". FishBase. December 2011 version.
  2. ^ a b Babu, K.K.S. (2012). "Horaglanis abdulkalami, a new hypogean blind catfish (Siluriformes: Clariidae) from Kerala, India". Samagra CRIKSC Journal. 8: 51-56.
  3. ^ 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.