Dario (fish)

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Scarlet badis male 1.jpg

| image_caption = Dario dario (male)

| taxon = Dario

| authority = S. O. Kullander & Britz, 2002

| type_species = Labrus dario

| type_species_authority = F. Hamilton, 1822

}}

Dario is a genus of very small chameleonfishes native to streams and freshwater pools in China (Yunnan), India (northeastern part of the country and Western Ghats) and Myanmar.{{FishBase genus | genus = Dario| month = February| year = 2019}}Britz, R. & Ali, A. (2015): Dario huli, a new species of badid from Karnataka, southern India (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Badidae). Zootaxa, 3911 (1): 139–144.Britz, R. & Kullander, S.O. (2013): [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03731p337.pdf Dario kajal, a new species of badid fish from Meghalaya, India (Teleostei: Badidae).] Zootaxa, 3731 (3): 331–337. Depending on exact species, they are up to {{cvt|1.5-3|cm|1}} in standard length, and reddish or brownish in colour.