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Horaglanis alikunhii Subhash Babu & Nayar, 2004

 

Image contributors to this species:

Rahul G. Kumar (2)

ScotCat Sources:

Etymology = Genus

Other Sources:

Search  Fishbase  Wikipedia  Catalog of Fishes  Global Biodiversity Information Facility   iNaturalist   IUCN

Relevant Information:

Description: Bones of the skull firmly articulated. Brain teleostean. Absence of eyes brought about the degeneration of the optic lobes. Skin devoid of scales. H. alikunhii can be differentiated from H. krishnai by the presence of more dorsal fin rays (24 vs 23) and more caudal fin rays (30 vs 24).The head shape of H. alikunhii tends to be more elongated when compared to the head shape of H.krishnai. Habitat: They are found in wells and migrate from one well to another through underground water channels. Horaglanis alikunhii is endemic to the subterranean wells in the village of Parappukara, Thrissur District, Kerala, India (Babu and Nayar 2004). Found in in subterranean channels. The two species are also found in different locations in Western Ghats, Kerala. Remarks: There are three species in this genera, Horaglanis abdulkalami Babu, 2012, Horaglanis alikunhii Subhash, Babu & Nayar, 2004, and Horaglanis krishnai Menon, 1950.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Clariidae

Distribution:

Asia: Trichur District, Kerala, India. Type locality: Parappukara (10º23'N, 76º15'E), Trichur district, Kerala [India]; from a well.

Size:

5.0cm (2ins)

Temp:

-

p.H.

-

Reference:

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2019. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 09/2019 ).
Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.), 2005. Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of May 2005. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in May 2005
Babu, K.K.S. and Nayar, C.K.G. 2004. A new species of the blind fish Horaglanis menon (Siluroidea:Clariidae) from Parappukara (Trichur District) and a new report of Horaglanis krishnai Menon from Ettumanur (Kottayam District), Kerala. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 101(2): 296-298.
IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1).
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.



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