Horaglanis

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.

Etymology

The genus is named in honor of Indian ichthyologist Sunder [Lal Hora], the Director, of the Zoological Survey of India.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:

Horaglanis abdulkalami Subhash Babu, 2012
Horaglanis alikunhii Subhash Babu & C. K. G. Nayar, 2004
Horaglanis krishnai Menon, 1950
Horaglanis populi Raghavan, Remya L Sundar, CP Arjun, Britz and Dahanukar, 2023