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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 (1896–1955), 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 (Indian blind catfish) * '' Horaglanis populi'' Raghavan, Remya L Sundar, CP Arjun, Britz Britz () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the Berlin borough (''Bezirk'') of Neukölln. History The village of ''Britzig'' was first mentioned in 1273. It was incorporated by the 1920 Greater Berlin Act. It is k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horaglanis Populi
''Horaglanis populi'' is a species of airbreathing catfish endemic to India, mainly in wells and underground water channels around Pathanamthitta District, Kerala. It lacks pigmentation and eyes, like other cavefish, Like other species of similar catfishes found in Kerala, it is also obtained from wells dug through laterite. ''Horaglanis populi'' has an elongated body that comes with a round cross-section anteriorly which also comes with a large head that excludes eyes. The head has a wide mouth a truncated snout and four pairs of barbels which are two mandibular pairs, one nasal pair, and one maxillary pair. Etymology The fish's name means in Latin ''of populus'', people, honoring the “invaluable contributions made by interested members of the public in the southern Indian state of Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horaglanis Abdulkalami
''Horaglanis abdulkalami'' is a species of airbreathing catfish endemic to India. Description and naming It was described by Subhash Babu Kallikadavil of the Cochin University of Science and Technology in 2012. in It was named after former President of India . See also * '''' * |
Horaglanis Alikunhii
''Horaglanis alikunhii'' is a species of airbreathing catfish endemic to India. It was described by Subhash Babu Kallikadavil and Nayar in 2004. in FishBase
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Etymology The fish is named in honor of Indian aquaculturist Kolliyil Hameed Alikunhi (1918–2010), because of his ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horaglanis Krishnai
''Horaglanis krishnai'', the Indian blind catfish, is a species of airbreathing catfish endemic to India, mainly in wells and underground water channels around Kottayam, Kerala. It lacks pigmentation and eyes, like other cavefish Cavefish or cave fish is a generic term for fresh and brackish water fish adapted to life in caves and other underground habitats. Related terms are subterranean fish, Troglomorphism, troglomorphic fish, troglobitic fish, stygobitic fish, phreat ..., and reaches about 4.2 cm (1.7 inches) in total length. Etymology The fish is named in honor of Mr. N. Krishna Pillay, who collected the holotype after draining a well in 1948. References Horaglanis Catfish of Asia Cave fish Freshwater fish of India Taxa named by Ambat Gopalan Kutty Menon Fish described in 1950 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Clariidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cavefish
Cavefish or cave fish is a generic term for fresh and brackish water fish adapted to life in caves and other underground habitats. Related terms are subterranean fish, Troglomorphism, troglomorphic fish, troglobitic fish, stygobitic fish, phreatic fish, and hypogean fish.Romero, Aldemaro, editor (2001). ''The Biology of Hypogean Fishes.'' Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. Helfman, G.S. (2007). ''Fish Conservation: A Guide to Understanding and Restoring Global Aquatic Biodiversity and Fishery Resources'', pp. 41–42. Island Press. There are more than 200 Species description, scientifically described species of obligate cavefish found on all continents, except Antarctica. Although widespread as a group, many species have very small ranges and are Threatened species, threatened.Fenolio, D.B.; Zhao, Y.; Niemiller, M.L.; and Stout, J. (2013). ''In-situ observations of seven enigmatic cave loaches and one cave barbel from Guangxi, China, with notes on conservation sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blind Fish
A blind fish is a fish without functional eyes. Most blind fish species are found in dark habitats such as the deep ocean, deep river channels and underground. Blind fish species Agnathans *''Myxine glutinosa'' *'' Myxine circifrons'' *'' Polistotrema stouti'' Cartilaginous fishes * Torpediniformes **''Benthobatis moresbyi'' **'' Typhlonarke aysoni'' **'' Typhlonarke tarakea'' Bony fishes *Anguilliformes ** Moringuidae ***'' Moringua abbreviata'' *Salmoniformes **Ipnopidae ***'' Ipnops murrayi'' ***'' Ipnops agassizi'' ***'' Ipnops meadi'' ***'' Bathymicrops regis'' ***'' Bathymicrops brevianalis'' ***'' Bathyphlops sewelli'' *Characiformes **Characidae ***''Astyanax jordani'' ***'' Anoptichthys antrobius'' ***'' Stygichthys typhlops'' *Cypriniformes **Cyprinidae ***'' Caecobarbus geertsii'' ***'' Barbopsis devecchii'' ***'' Iranocypris typhlops'' ***'' Phreatichthys andruzzii'' ***'' Typhlogarra widdowsoni'' ***'' Puntius microps'' ***'' Sinocycloch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airbreathing Catfish
Airbreathing catfish comprise the family Clariidae of the order Siluriformes. Sixteen genera and about 117 species of clariid fishes are described; all are freshwater species. Other groups of catfish also breathe air, such as the Callichthyidae and Loricariidae. Distribution Although clariids occur in India, Syria, southern Turkey, and large parts of Southeast Asia, their diversity is the largest in Africa. Description Clariid catfish are characterized by an elongated body, the presence of four barbels, long dorsal and anal fins, and especially by the autapomorphic presence of a supra branchial organ, formed by tree-like structures from the second and fourth gill arches. This suprabranchial organ, or labyrinth organ, allows some species the capability of traveling short distances on land ( walking catfish). The dorsal fin base is very long and is not preceded by a fin spine. The dorsal fin may or may not be continuous with the caudal fin, which is rounded. Pectoral and pelvic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants of an ancestral taxon are grouped together (i.e. Phylogeneti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freshwater Fish Genera
Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. The term excludes seawater and brackish water, but it does include non-salty mineral-rich waters, such as chalybeate springs. Fresh water may encompass frozen and meltwater in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, snowfields and icebergs, natural precipitations such as rainfall, snowfall, hail/ sleet and graupel, and surface runoffs that form inland bodies of water such as wetlands, ponds, lakes, rivers, streams, as well as groundwater contained in aquifers, subterranean rivers and lakes. Water is critical to the survival of all living organisms. Many organisms can thrive on salt water, but the great majority of vascular plants and most insects, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and birds need fresh water to survive. Fresh water is the water resource that is of the most and immediate use to humans. Fresh water is not always ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fauna Of Kerala
Fauna (: faunae or faunas) is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding terms for plants and fungi are ''flora'' and ''funga'', respectively. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as '' biota''. Zoologists and paleontologists use ''fauna'' to refer to a typical collection of animals found in a specific time or place, e.g. the "Sonoran Desert fauna" or the "Burgess Shale fauna". Paleontologists sometimes refer to a sequence of faunal stages, which is a series of rocks all containing similar fossils. The study of animals of a particular region is called faunistics. Etymology ''Fauna'' comes from the name Fauna, a Roman goddess of earth and fertility, the Roman god Faunus, and the related forest spirits called Fauns. All three words are cognates of the name of the Greek god Pan, and ''panis'' is the Modern Greek equivalent of fauna (πανίς or rather πανίδα). ''Fauna'' is also the word for a book ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catfish Genera
Catfish (or catfishes; order Siluriformes or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish. Catfish are named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, though not all catfish have prominent barbels or "whiskers", with some seemingly not having them. Siluriformes as a whole are scale-less, with neither the armour-plated nor the naked species having scales. This order of fish are defined by features of the skull and swimbladder. Catfish range in size and behavior from the three largest species alive, the Mekong giant catfish from Southeast Asia, the wels catfish of Eurasia, and the piraíba of South America, to detritivorous and scavenging bottom feeders, down to tiny ectoparasitic species known as the candirus. In the Southern United States, catfish species may be known by a variety of slang names, such as "mud cat", "polliwogs", or "chuckleheads". These nicknames are not standardized, so one area may call a bullhead catfish by the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
