Description

Dorsal spines (total): 15 - 16; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 8; Anal soft rays: 7; Vertebrae: 25 - 27. A small fish not exceeding 2.2 cm SL. Transverse scale row 9.5. Vertebrae usually 26. Palatine teeth present. Anguloarticular lateralis canal absent. Males with a black blotch anteriorly in dorsal fin. Stripes on side of head absent. Body color uniform or with weak reticulate pattern formed by dark scale margins; no vertical bars; no caudal, cleithral or opercular blotches (Ref. 46238).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anabantiformes

Family: Badidae

Genus: Dario

Species: Dario dayingensis Kullander & Britz, 2002

Climate Zone

Biology

Collected from a small stream, wider than 2 m, about 30 cm deep, with relatively fast current, running through an open cultured area. Bottom composed of substrate rock, sand, leaf litter and mud (Ref. 46238).

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless