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Badis
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. In addition, they differ from the related genus Dario by being larger and displaying more involved parental care.
27 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 27 known species
Badis
speciesBadis badis
Siamese Badis
speciesBadis siamensis
Burmese Badis
speciesBadis ruber
Khwae Badis
speciesBadis khwae
Assam Badis
speciesBadis assamensis
Badis pallidus
speciesBadis pallidus
Pyema Badis
speciesBadis pyema
Tiger Badis
speciesBadis kyar
Badis rhabdotus
speciesBadis rhabdotus
Badis tuivaiei
speciesBadis tuivaiei
Badis laspiophilus
speciesBadis laspiophilus
Badis andrewraoi
speciesBadis andrewraoi
Badis autumnum
speciesBadis autumnum
Juergen's Badis
speciesBadis juergenschmidti
Badis kyanos
speciesBadis kyanos
Singen Badis
speciesBadis singenensis
Badis soraya
speciesBadis soraya
Badis triocellus
speciesBadis triocellus
Badis kaladanensis
speciesBadis kaladanensis
Hindu Chameleonfish
speciesBadis limaakumi
Dibru Badis
speciesBadis dibruensis
Ferrari Badis
speciesBadis ferrarisi
Kanabo Badis
speciesBadis kanabos
Badis britzi
speciesBadis britzi
Red Badis
speciesBadis blosyrus
Chittagong Badis
speciesBadis chittagongis
Cory Badis
speciesBadis corycaeus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 86813.