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'''Sunder Lal Hora''' (1896 - December 8, 1955) was an [[India]]n [[Ichthyology|ichthyologist]].
'''Sunder Lal Hora''' (1896 - December 8, 1955) was an [[India]]n [[Ichthyology|ichthyologist]] and was known for his biogeographical theory on the affinities of Western Ghats and Indo-Malayan forms. He was the second Indian director of the [[Zoological Survey of India]], succeeding [[Baini Prashad]].


Hora was born at Hafizabad in the Punjab on 2 May 1896. He schooled in Jullunder before college at Lahore. He met [[Thomas Nelson Annandale]] who visited his college in Lahore in 1919 and was invited to the Zoological Survey of India. In 1921 he became in-charge of ichthyology and herpetology and in 1947 became Superintendent of the Z.S.I. and then Director after Baini Prashad moved to become an advisor to the government. He died on December 8, 1955.<ref name=copeia>{{cite journal|author=Silas, E.G. |pages=134-136|year=1956|title=Sunder Lal Hora|journal=Copeia|issue=2|url=http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/7042/2/139-COPEIA_1956.pdf}}</ref><ref name=obit>{{cite journal|author=Roonwal, M.L.|title=Sunder Lal Hora (1899-1955)|volume=22|issue=6|pages=287-303|url=http://www.new1.dli.ernet.in/data1/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005b69_287.pdf|journal= Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy}}</ref>
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Famous for the ''[[Satpura Hypothesis]]'', a zoo-geographical hypothesis proposed by him that suggests that the central Indian [[Satpura Range]] of hills acted as a bridge providing for the [[Malay Peninsula|Malayan]] affinity of many Indian fauna and flora in the peninsula and the [[Western Ghats]] of India. He used the adaptations of torrent fishes to support this biogeographical hypothesis, however new research suggests that the examples he used were a case of [[convergent evolution]].<ref>Karanth, Praveen. 2003. Evolution of disjunct distributions among wet-zone species of the Indian subcontinent: Testing various hypotheses using a phylogenetic approach. Current Science 85(9):1276-1282 [http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/nov102003/1276.pdf PDF] {{Dead link|date=February 2014}}</ref>

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The ''[[Satpura Hypothesis]]'', a zoo-geographical hypothesis proposed by him that suggests that the central Indian [[Satpura Range]] of hills acted as a bridge providing for the [[Malay Peninsula|Malayan]] affinity of many Indian fauna and flora in the peninsula and the [[Western Ghats]] of India. He used the adaptations of torrent fishes to support this biogeographical hypothesis, however new research suggests that the examples he used were a case of [[convergent evolution]].<ref>Karanth, Praveen. 2003. Evolution of disjunct distributions among wet-zone species of the Indian subcontinent: Testing various hypotheses using a phylogenetic approach. Current Science 85(9):1276-1282 [http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Downloads/article_id_085_09_1276_1283_0.pdf PDF] </ref>

Hora was also among the Indian pioneers of fish conservation and pointed out the effect of dams on the migrations of riverine fishes and noted the poor design of [[fish ladder]]s in Indian dams.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Hora, S.L.|title=Dams and the problems of migratory fishes|journal=Current Science|pages=406-407|volume=9|year=1940|issue=9|url=http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Downloads/article_id_009_09_0406_0408_0.pdf}}</ref>


A genus of [[ricefish]], ''[[Horaichthys]]'' ("Hora's Fish"), the sole member of the family ''Horaichthyidae'' are named after him.
A genus of [[ricefish]], ''[[Horaichthys]]'' ("Hora's Fish"), the sole member of the family ''Horaichthyidae'' are named after him.
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* Hora, S. L. 1944. On the Malayan affinities of the freshwater fish fauna of Peninsular India, and its bearing on the probable age of the Garo-Rajmahal Gap. Proc. Nat. Inst. Sci. India, 10(2):423–439.
* Hora, S. L. 1944. On the Malayan affinities of the freshwater fish fauna of Peninsular India, and its bearing on the probable age of the Garo-Rajmahal Gap. Proc. Nat. Inst. Sci. India, 10(2):423–439.
* Hora, S. L. 1949. Satpura Hypothesis of the Distribution of the Malayan Fauna and Flora to Peninsular India. Proc. Nat. Inst. Sci. India, 15(8):309–314.
* Hora, S. L. 1949. Satpura Hypothesis of the Distribution of the Malayan Fauna and Flora to Peninsular India. Proc. Nat. Inst. Sci. India, 15(8):309–314.


* Hora, S. L. Ref. Obituary by M L Roonwal. http://www.new1.dli.ernet.in/data1/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005b69_287.pdf

==External links==
* Karanth 2003 [http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Downloads/article_id_085_09_1276_1283_0.pdf].


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Sunder Lal Hora (1896 - December 8, 1955) was an Indian ichthyologist and was known for his biogeographical theory on the affinities of Western Ghats and Indo-Malayan forms. He was the second Indian director of the Zoological Survey of India, succeeding Baini Prashad.

Hora was born at Hafizabad in the Punjab on 2 May 1896. He schooled in Jullunder before college at Lahore. He met Thomas Nelson Annandale who visited his college in Lahore in 1919 and was invited to the Zoological Survey of India. In 1921 he became in-charge of ichthyology and herpetology and in 1947 became Superintendent of the Z.S.I. and then Director after Baini Prashad moved to become an advisor to the government. He died on December 8, 1955.[1][2]

The Satpura Hypothesis, a zoo-geographical hypothesis proposed by him that suggests that the central Indian Satpura Range of hills acted as a bridge providing for the Malayan affinity of many Indian fauna and flora in the peninsula and the Western Ghats of India. He used the adaptations of torrent fishes to support this biogeographical hypothesis, however new research suggests that the examples he used were a case of convergent evolution.[3]

Hora was also among the Indian pioneers of fish conservation and pointed out the effect of dams on the migrations of riverine fishes and noted the poor design of fish ladders in Indian dams.[4]

A genus of ricefish, Horaichthys ("Hora's Fish"), the sole member of the family Horaichthyidae are named after him.

Notes

  1. ^ Silas, E.G. (1956). "Sunder Lal Hora" (PDF). Copeia (2): 134–136.
  2. ^ Roonwal, M.L. "Sunder Lal Hora (1899-1955)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy. 22 (6): 287–303.
  3. ^ Karanth, Praveen. 2003. Evolution of disjunct distributions among wet-zone species of the Indian subcontinent: Testing various hypotheses using a phylogenetic approach. Current Science 85(9):1276-1282 PDF
  4. ^ Hora, S.L. (1940). "Dams and the problems of migratory fishes" (PDF). Current Science. 9 (9): 406–407.

References

  • Hora, S. L. 1944. On the Malayan affinities of the freshwater fish fauna of Peninsular India, and its bearing on the probable age of the Garo-Rajmahal Gap. Proc. Nat. Inst. Sci. India, 10(2):423–439.
  • Hora, S. L. 1949. Satpura Hypothesis of the Distribution of the Malayan Fauna and Flora to Peninsular India. Proc. Nat. Inst. Sci. India, 15(8):309–314.


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