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Horaglanis alikunhii Subhash Babu & Nayar, 2004

Source-backed taxonomic record

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.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Horaglanis alikunhii Subhash Babu & Nayar, 2004
Name authority
Subhash Babu & Nayar, 2004
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Siluriformes
Family
Clariidae
Genus
Horaglanis
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderSiluriformes
  11. familyClariidae Bonaparte, 1845
  12. genusHoraglanis Menon, 1950
  13. speciesHoraglanis alikunhii Subhash Babu & Nayar, 2004

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Horaglanis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Horaglanis abdulkalami Babu, 2012ClariidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Horaglanis krishnai Menon, 1950ClariidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 88 records assigned to Clariidae.

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.

  1. Subhash Babu, K. K., & Nayar, C. K. G. (2004). A new species of the blind fish Horaglanis Menon (Siluroidea: Clariidae) from Parappukara (Trichur District) and a new report of Horaglanis krishnai Menon from Ettumanur (Kottayam District), Kerala. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 101. 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:3MNMT. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.