Horaglanis

Horaglanis
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. ^[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

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Horaglanis". FishBase . December 2011 version.
2. 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.
4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family CLARIIDAE Bonaparte 1845 (Airbreathing or Labyrinth Catfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 1 June 2025.