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.[2] In addition, they differ from the related genus Dario by being larger and displaying more involved parental care.[3]
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There are currently 28 recognized species in this genus,[4] but a comprehensive taxonomic review is necessary as some of the described species are inseparable based on available data.[5]
- Badis andrewraoi Valdesalici & van der Voort, 2015[6]
- Badis assamensis C. G. E. Ahl, 1937
- Badis autumnum Valdesalici & van der Voort, 2015[6]
- Badis badis (F. Hamilton, 1822)
- Badis blosyrus S. O. Kullander & Britz, 2002
- Badis britzi Dahanukar, Kumkar, U. Katwate & Raghavan, 2015[7]
- Badis chittagongis S. O. Kullander & Britz, 2002
- Badis corycaeus S. O. Kullander & Britz, 2002
- Badis dibruensis Geetakumari & Vishwanath, 2010
- Badis ferrarisi S. O. Kullander & Britz, 2002
- Badis juergenschmidti I. Schindler & Linke, 2010
- Badis kaladanensis Ramliana L, Lalronunga S, Singh M (2021)[8]
- Badis kanabos S. O. Kullander & Britz, 2002
- Badis khwae S. O. Kullander & Britz, 2002
- Badis kyanos Valdesalici & van der Voort, 2015[6]
- Badis kyar S. O. Kullander & Britz, 2002
- Badis laspiophilus Valdesalici & van der Voort, 2015[9]
- Badis limaakumi J. Praveenraj, 2023[10][11]
- Badis pallidus S. O. Kullander, Nóren, Rahman & Mollah, 2019[5]
- Badis pancharatnaensis Basumatary, Choudhury, Baishya, Sarma & Vishwanath, 2016[12]
- Badis pyema S. O. Kullander & Britz, 2002
- Badis rhabdotus S. O. Kullander, Nóren, Rahman & Mollah, 2019[5]
- Badis ruber Schreitmüller, 1923
- Badis siamensis Klausewitz, 1957
- Badis singenensis Geetakumari & Kadu, 2011[2]
- Badis soraya Valdesalici & van der Voort, 2015[6]
- Badis triocellus Khynriam & Sen, 2013
- Badis tuivaiei Vishwanath & Shanta, 2004
Kullander, S., Nóren, M., Rahman, M.M. & Mollah, A.R. (2019). Chameleonfishes in Bangladesh: hipshot taxonomy, sibling species, elusive species, and limits of species delimitation (Teleostei: Badidae). Zootaxa 4586(2). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4586.2.7 Valdesalici, S. & van der Voort, S. (2015): Four new species of the Indo-Burmese genus Badis from West Bengal, India (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Badidae). Zootaxa, 3985 (3): 391–408.
Dahanukar, N., Kumkar, P., Katwate, U. & Raghavan, R. (2015): Badis britzi, a new percomorph fish (Teleostei: Badidae) from the Western Ghats of India. Zootaxa, 3941 (3): 429–436.
Valdesalici, S. & van der Voort, S. (2015): Badis laspiophilus, a new miniature addition to the ichthyofauna of West Bengal, north-eastern India, with observations on its ecology and preliminary notes on its ethology (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Badidae). Zootaxa, 3986 (2): 193–200.
JAYASIMHAN PRAVEENRAJ (September 2023). "Badis limaakumi, a new species of badid fish from Nagaland, Northeast India (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Badidae)". Zootaxa. 5351 (3). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.5. Basumatary, S., Choudhury, H., Baishya, R.A., Sarma, D. & Vishwanath, W. (2016): Badis pancharatnaensis, a new percoid fish species from Brahmaputra River drainage, Assam, India (Teleostei: Badidae). Vertebrate Zoology, 66 (2): 151-156.
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