| Horaglanis alikunhii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Clariidae |
| Genus: | Horaglanis |
| Species: | H. alikunhii |
| Binomial name | |
| Horaglanis alikunhii Subhash Babu & C. K. G. Nayar, 2004 | |
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Horaglanis alikunhii is a species of airbreathing catfish endemic to India. It was described by Subhash Babu Kallikadavil and Nayar in 2004. [1]
The fish is named in honor of Indian aquaculturist Kolliyil Hameed Alikunhi (1918–2010), because of his contributions to fishery science in general and the Indian fisheries in particular. [2]