Kryptoglanis shajii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Kryptoglanidae
Genus: Kryptoglanis
Species: Kryptoglanis shajii

Name

Kryptoglanis shajii Vincent & Thomas, 2011

Holotype: ZSI/WGRS/V/2121.

Paratypes: ZMCC F 0102 (1), 0103 (1), 0105 (1); ZSI/WGRS/V/2121 [ex ZMCC F 0106] (1).

Type locality: A water well at 10°20.30'N, 76°18.37'E, Thrissur district, Kerala, India, depth of well 5.5 meters.

Etymology: The specific epithet honors the distinguished fish taxonomist, C.P. Shaji, who significantly contributed to the documentation of freshwater fish diversity of the Kerala region of Western Ghats by the Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI Peechi).

References

Vincent, M. & Thomas, J. 2011. Kryptoglanis shajii, an enigmatic subterranean-spring catfish (Siluriformes, Incertae sedis) from Kerala, India. Ichthyological Research 58(2): 161–165. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-011-0206-6
Britz, R.; Kakkassery, F.; Raghavan, R. 2014: Osteology of Kryptoglanis shajii, a stygobitic catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from peninsular India with a diagnosis of the new family Kryptoglanidae. Ichthyological exploration of freshwaters, 24(3): 193–207. Abstract and excerpt (PDF) Reference page.
Lundberg, J.G., Luckenbill, K.R., Babu, K.K.S. & Ng, H.H. 2014. A tomographic osteology of the taxonomically puzzling catfish Kryptoglanis shajii (Siluriformes, Siluroidei, incertae sedis): description and a first phylogenetic interpretation. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 163(1): 1–41.

Links

Kryptoglanis shajii in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2026. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on September 13, 2025.