A new species of blind catfish from Kerala, India

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K. K. Subash Babu (2012)Horaglanis abdulkalami, a new hypogean blind catfish
(Siluriformes: Clariidae) from Kerala, India. SAMAGRA Vol. 8, 15 November 2012

Abstract
A new species of blind catfish, Horaglanis abdulkalami, is described from a dugout well at
Irinjalakuda, Thrissur District, Kerala, India. The new species differs from its congeners by the
combination of the following characters: gill membrane free at the base of the isthmus, united only
half distance towards the tip of the lower jaw from the base; brancheostegal rays 13, dorsal fin with
21 unbranched rays and anal fin with 15 unbranched rays; caudal fin rounded and supported with 28
rays (including the procumbent rays), of this median 6 rays are branched.

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Thanks for the link

[Jools]

Not often the BBC report on a new catfish...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20661661

Jools