Horabagrus nigricollaris Pethiyagoda & Kottelat, 1994
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Horabagrus nigricollaris is a species of catfish endemic to India. It is also known as
the "Black collared catfish". It is found only in the Chalakudy River in Kerala, India. This species is an inhabitant of hill streams.
Wikipedia contributors, Horabagrus nigricollaris; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T22:50:09.705484+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Horabagrus nigricollaris Pethiyagoda & Kottelat, 1994
- Name authority
- Pethiyagoda & Kottelat, 1994
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Horabagridae
- Genus
- Horabagrus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderSiluriformes
- familyHorabagridae Jayaram, 2006
- genusHorabagrus Jayaram, 1955
- speciesHorabagrus nigricollaris Pethiyagoda & Kottelat, 1994
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Horabagrus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Horabagrus obscurus Kumar, Ravi, Krishnaprasoon & Basheer, 2024 | HorabagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Horabagrus brachysoma (Günther, 1864) | HorabagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Horabagrus melanosoma Plamoottil & Abraham, 2013 | HorabagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Pethiyagoda, R., & Kottelat, M. (1994). Three new species of fishes of the genera Osteochilichthys (Cyprinidae), Travancoria (Balitoridae) and Horabagrus (Bagridae) from the Chalakudy River, Kerala, India. Journal of South Asian Natural History, 1. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3MNH9. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.