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Badis (fish)

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

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| image = Badis ruber (Schreitmüller, 1923).jpg

| image_caption = Badis ruber

| taxon = Badis

| authority = Bleeker, 1854

| type_species = Badis buchanani

| type_species_authority = Bleeker, 1853{{Cof record|genid=2155|title=Badis|access-date=10 December 2019}}

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Badis is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Badidae found in South Asia, Southeast Asia and China. These species have a sharp spine on the opercle, soft and spinous parts of the dorsal fin contiguous, three spines in the anal fin, tubed pores in the lateral line, villiform teeth and a rounded caudal fin.Geetakumari, K. & Kadu, K. (2011): [http://www.threatenedtaxa.org/ZooPrintJournal/2011/September/o253126ix112085-2089.pdf Badis singenensis, a new fish species (Teleostei: Badidae) from Singen River, Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305032725/http://www.threatenedtaxa.org/ZooPrintJournal/2011/September/o253126ix112085-2089.pdf |date=2016-03-05 }} Journal of Threatened Taxa, 3 (9): 2085-2089. In addition, they differ from the related genus Dario by being larger and displaying more involved parental care.SeriouslyFish: [https://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/badis-badis/ Badis badis]. Retrieved 1 March 2019.

Species

There are currently 28 recognized species in this genus,{{FishBase genus | genus = Badis| month = March | year = 2024}} but a comprehensive taxonomic review is necessary as some of the described species are inseparable based on available data.Kullander, S., Nóren, M., Rahman, M.M. & Mollah, A.R. (2019). Chameleonfishes in Bangladesh: hipshot taxonomy, sibling species, elusive species, and limits of species delimitation (Teleostei: Badidae). Zootaxa 4586(2). {{doi| 10.11646/zootaxa.4586.2.7}}

References

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Category:Badidae

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