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Badis badis (Hamilton, 1822)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 15 - 17; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 10; Anal soft rays: 6 - 8; Vertebrae: 26 - 28. The species has conspicuous dark blotch covering superficial part of cleithrum above pectoral fin base. Lacks a dark caudal peduncle blotch. Body depth 30.7-38.9%SL; interorbital width 6,5-8,3% SL; scales in lateral row 25-27; circumpeduncular scales 19-20; pectoral rays usually 12. Has a series of prominent dark blotches along dorsal fin base and/or a series of dark blotches along middle of dorsal fin; and has indistinct bars on side. Has a distal extrascapular (Ref. 46238).

Common Names

  • Nabat , Assamese , India
  • Bot koi , Bengali , India
  • Botkoi , Bengali , Bangladesh
  • Koi bandi , Bengali , Bangladesh
  • Napte koi , Bengali , Bangladesh
  • কৈ বানদি , Bengali , Bangladesh
  • Indisk bladfisk , Danish , Denmark
  • Kamæleonfisk , Danish , Denmark
  • Badis , English , India
  • Badis , English , USA
  • Badis , English , Global
  • Blue perch , English , USA
  • Dwarf chameleonfish , English , India
  • Mud perch , English , Bangladesh
  • Mudperch , English , Bangladesh
  • Red badis , English , USA
  • Harilik badis , Estonian , Estonia
  • Makkarakala , Finnish , Finland
  • Blaubarsch , German , Germany
  • Chamäleonfisch , German , Germany
  • Roter Badis , German , Germany
  • Khen ngoi , Khasi , India
  • 棕鱸(變色鱸) , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 棕鲈(变色鲈) , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Ngamhai , Meitei , India
  • Khesalei , Nepali , Nepal
  • Pasari , Nepali , Nepal
  • Badis birmanski , Polish , Poland
  • Badis blekitnopletwy , Polish , Poland
  • Badis , Russian , Russia
  • Badis , Swedish , Sweden

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Anabantiformes

    Family: Badidae

    Genus: Badis

    Species: Badis badis (Hamilton, 1822)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Asia: Ganges River drainage in India, Bangladesh, and Nepal, from Himachal Pradesh (Yamuna River) to the estuary; the Mahanadi River drainage; Assam lowlands close to Brahmaputra (Kaziranga, Gauhati, and Dibru River) (Ref. 46238). Also reported from Bhutan (Ref. 9418) and Pakistan (Ref. 52665).

    • Biology

    Occurs solitarily in rivers, ponds and ditches. Also found in swamps (Ref. 1479). Feeds on worms, crustaceans and insects (Ref. 7020). Used for behavioral studies (Ref. 4537). Length indications of up to 8 cm in some publications are exaggerated (Ref. 89918).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic