Badis limaakumi

{{Short description|Species of freshwater fish}}

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| authority = Praveenraj, 2023{{cite journal|author=Jayasimhan Praveenraj |year= 2023 |title= Badis limaakumi, A New Species of badid fish from Nagaland, Northeast India (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Badidae)|journal=Zootaxa|volume=5351|issue=3|page=371-379|doi= 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.5}}

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Badis limaakumi is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish from the family Badidae.{{FishBase|genus=Badis |species=limaakumi | month=March | year=2024}} It is endemic to Milak river of Nagaland, India. B. limaakumi is locally known as Tepdang, Akngashi, Aokngatsu, or Sempi.{{cite news| title=What is Badis limaakumi? | website=vajiramias.com| url=https://vajiramias.com/current-affairs/what-is-badis-limaakumi/651926166ea810072a86447a/ |date=1 October 2023}} This species has the ability to change its color when it is transferred to an aquarium from its natural habitat, where it is normally black in color. The common name of this fish's family: "chameleon fishes" is due to this color changing ability of these fishes.{{cite news| url=https://nagalandpost.com/index.php/new-fish-species-found-in-milak-river/ | title=New fish species found in Milak river | accessdate=1 October 2023}}