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Indian Blind Catfish
Horaglanis krishnai
Horaglanis krishnai, the Indian blind catfish, is a species of airbreathing catfish endemic to India where it is found in wells in the area of Kottayam in Kerala. It lives in underground water channels, and lacks pigmentation and eyes like other species of cavefish. It grows to a length of 4.2 cm (1.7 inches) TL.
From the article Horaglanis krishnai on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
In human culture
The fish is named in honor of Mr. N. Krishna Pillay, who collected the holotype after draining a well in 1948.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 102946.