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Horaglanis alikunhii Subhash Babu & Nayar, 2004

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Rahul G. Kumar (2) Reghaven R, et al 2023 (1)

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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 now four species (2023) in this genera, Horaglanis abdulkalam Babu, 2012, Horaglanis alikunhii Subhash, Babu & Nayar, 2004, Horaglanis krishnai Menon, 1950 and Horaglanis populi Raghavan R, Sundar RL, Arjun CP, Britz R, Dahanukar N, 2023.

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Synonyms:

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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:

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.
Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.), 2005. Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of May 2005. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in May 2005.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2019. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 09/2019 ).
IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1).

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Horaglanis alikunhii

Horaglanis alikunhii
Dorsal view

Horaglanis alikunhii

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