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''Horaglanis'' is a genus of small airbreathing catfishes that are endemism, endemic to Kerala in India. The four known species are all Cavefish, adapted to life underground, lack pigmentation and are Blind fish, blind.Babu, K.K.S. (2012)
''Horaglanis abdulkalami'', a new hypogean blind catfish (Siluriformes: Clariidae) from Kerala, India.
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This genus and ''Kryptoglanis'', both from the Western Ghats, are the only known underground-living catfish in India.


Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus: * ''Horaglanis abdulkalami'' Subhash Babu Kallikadavil, Subhash Babu, 2012 * ''Horaglanis alikunhii'' Subhash Babu Kallikadavil, Subhash Babu & C. K. Gopinathan Nayar, C. K. G. Nayar, 2004 * ''Horaglanis krishnai'' Ambat Gopalan Kutty Menon, Menon, 1950 (Indian blind catfish) * ''Horaglanis populi'' Raghavan, Sundar, Arjun, Britz & Dahanukar, 2023


References

Horaglanis, Catfish genera Fauna of Kerala, ˜ Freshwater fish genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Cave fish {{Clariidae-stub