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''Horaglanis abdulkalami'' is a species of
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 ...
endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
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India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
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Description and naming

It was described by Subhash Babu Kallikadavil of the
Cochin University of Science and Technology Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) is a state government-owned autonomous university in Kochi, Kerala, India. It was founded in 1971 and has three campuses: two in Kochi (Kalamassery and Ernakulam) and one in Kuttanad, Alapp ...
in 2012.''Horaglanis abdulkalami''
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It was named after former President of India
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam ( ; 15 October 193127 July 2015) was an Indian aerospace scientist and statesman who served as the president of India from 2002 to 2007. Born and raised in a Muslim family in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, Kala ...
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See also

* ''
Himantolophus kalami ''Himantolophus kalami'' is a species of marine Actinopterygii, ray-finned fish belonging to the Family (biology), family Himantolophidae, the footballfishes. This species was Species description, described in 2022 by Melapurra Rajeeshkumar, Theod ...
'' *
List of organisms named after famous people (born 1900–1949) In biological nomenclature, organisms often receive scientific names that honor a person. A taxon (e.g., species or genus; plural: taxa) named in honor of another entity is an eponymous taxon, and names specifically honoring a person or persons ...
* List of things named after A. P. J. Abdul Kalam


References

Horaglanis Catfish of Asia Cave fish Freshwater fish of India Taxa named by Subhash Babu Kallikadavil Fish described in 2012 {{Clariidae-stub