Badis (fish)

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.

Species
There are currently 28 recognized species in this genus, but a comprehensive taxonomic review is necessary as some of the described species are inseparable based on available data.


 * Badis andrewraoi Valdesalici & van der Voort, 2015
 * Badis assamensis C. G. E. Ahl, 1937
 * Badis autumnum Valdesalici & van der Voort, 2015
 * Badis badis (F. Hamilton, 1822)
 * Badis blosyrus S. O. Kullander & Britz, 2002
 * Badis britzi Dahanukar, Kumkar, U. Katwate & Raghavan, 2015
 * 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)
 * Badis kanabos S. O. Kullander & Britz, 2002
 * Badis khwae S. O. Kullander & Britz, 2002
 * Badis kyanos Valdesalici & van der Voort, 2015
 * Badis kyar S. O. Kullander & Britz, 2002
 * Badis laspiophilus Valdesalici & van der Voort, 2015
 * Badis limaakumi J. Praveenraj, 2023
 * Badis pallidus S. O. Kullander, Nóren, Rahman & Mollah, 2019
 * Badis pancharatnaensis Basumatary, Choudhury, Baishya, Sarma & Vishwanath, 2016
 * Badis pyema S. O. Kullander & Britz, 2002
 * Badis rhabdotus S. O. Kullander, Nóren, Rahman & Mollah, 2019
 * Badis ruber Schreitmüller, 1923
 * Badis siamensis Klausewitz, 1957
 * Badis singenensis Geetakumari & Kadu, 2011
 * Badis soraya Valdesalici & van der Voort, 2015
 * Badis triocellus Khynriam & Sen, 2013
 * Badis tuivaiei Vishwanath & Shanta, 2004