Horaglanis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Clariidae |
Genus: |
Horaglanis Menon, 1950 |
Horaglanis is a genus of small airbreathing catfishes that are endemic to Kerala in India. The three 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.
There are currently three recognized species in this genus: