Horaglanis
Sign in to saveHoraglanis is a genus of small airbreathing catfishes that are endemic to Kerala in India. The four known species are all adapted to life underground, lack pigmentation and are blind.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyClariidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded41
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- Airbreathing catfish
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Horaglanis is a genus of small airbreathing catfishes that are endemic to Kerala in India. The four known species are all adapted to life underground, lack pigmentation and are blind.
This genus and Kryptoglanis, both from the Western Ghats, are the only known underground-living catfish in India.
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