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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Clariidae (Airbreathing catfishes)
Etymology: Horaglanis: Taken from mister S.L.Hora, director of Zoological Survey of India + Latin, glanis = a cat fish (Ref. 45335); abdulkalami: Named for the f the former president of India, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, who ignited young minds towards the real world of Science and Technology..

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Freshwater; demersal; pH range: 7.2 - ?. Tropical

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Asia: Kerala, India.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.8 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 92945)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 21; Anal soft rays: 15. Distinguished by having the following combination of characters: body narrow, elongated, sub-cylindrical, small sized; dorsal fin soft with 21 unbranched rays; anal fin soft with 15 unbranched rays; caudal fin is not confluent with dorsal and anal fins, round in shape and with 28 fin rays (including the procumbent rays); pectoral fin round, highly vestigial and not visible with naked eyes; and a pair of pseudo-tympanic membranes on both lateral sides of the head base, near to the pectoral fin (Ref. 92945)

Collected from a well with pH 7.2, conductivity 180ìS and dissolve oxygen 2mg/l and soft lateriate bottom comprising of small pores and channels (Ref. 92945).

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Babu, K.K.S., 2012. Horaglanis abdulkalami, a new hypogean blind catfish (Siluriformes: Clariidae) from Kerala, India. SAMAGRA 8(5):51-56. (Ref. 92945)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Endangered (EN) (B1ab(i,ii,iii)+2ab(i,ii,iii)); Date assessed: 14 August 2020

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

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Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00741 (0.00333 - 0.01648), b=2.97 (2.78 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.1 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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