Metadata

Horaglanis populi

Raghavan, Sundar, Arjun, Britz and Dahanukar 2023

ORDERSUB-ORDERFAMILY
SiluriformesSiluroideiClariidae

Synonyms

None.

Country

India

Types

Holotype: KUFOS.F.2022.101, 32.5mm SL. Dugout well at Malapally, Kerala, India (21 m asl).

Paratypes: KUFOS.F.2022.102, 23.9mm SL. Dug-out well at Thiruvalla, Kerala, India (7 m asl).

KUFOS-.F.2022.103, 26.8mm SL. Dug-out well at Edanadu, Kerala, India (18 m asl).

KUFOS.F.2022.104, 27.4mm SL. Dug-out well at Thiruvanvandoor, Chengannur, Kerala, India (5 m asl).

KUFOS.F.2022.105, 29.0mm SL. Dug-out well at Thiruvanvandoor, Chengannur, Kerala, India (5 m asl).

KUFOS. F.2022.106, 29.4mm SL. Dug-out well in Chengannur, Kerala, India (5 m asl).

Distribution

Horaglanis populi is restricted to the lateritic aquifer systems in the Alappuzha and Pathanamthitta Districts of Kerala, southern India, where it has been collected from dug-out wells in the towns of Malapally, Edanadu, and Chengannur, and the nearby village of Thiruvanvandoor (Raghavan et al 2023).

Conservation Status

[NE]

Key References

Raghavan, R., Sundar, R.L., Arjun, C.P., Britz, R. and Dahanukar, N. Journal Article 2023 Evolution in the dark: Unexpected genetic diversity and morphological stasis in the blind, aquifer-dwelling catfish Horaglanis
Lavoué, S., Jamaluddin, J.A.F., Muhammad-Rasul, A.H., Ilham-Norhakim, M.L. and Zain, K.M. Journal Article 2024 Mitochondrial evidence on the phylogenetic position of the Southeast Asian catfish genus Encheloclarias Myers, 1937 (Actinopterygii: Siluriformes: Clariidae): Evolutionary and conservation implications