Badis Badis

Badis badis
by M. J. Parry
Newport Aquarists Society, England
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Badis Badis
Species name: Badis Badis
Synonym: Badisbuchanani, Labrus badis ...

Update: Badis badis badis is now named Badis badis, B.b. burmanicus is now called Badis ruber, and B. b. siamensis is now called Badis siamensis.
The small red badidae are now a new genus, Dario. B.b. bengalensis is now named Dario dario.

The beautiful Badis comes in several varieties, though there are only 2 actual species in the genus: Badis badis and Badis bengalensis.

Talwar and Jhingran (1991) considered both fish to be one species, Badis badis, while Tomey (1999) considered D. dario to be a subspecies of B. badis (B. badis bengalensis).

(Yellow Albino Peacock) TFH Sep 91 Aulonocara stuartgranti (Midnight Blue Peacock) TFH Jan 90 Austrofundulus dolichopterus (Saberfin Killi) TFH May 72 Austrofundulus transilis (killifish) TFH Dec 78 Badis badis badis (Killifish) TFH Feb 91 ...

Badis badis
SYN : Badisbuchanani, Labrus badis
PD : An elongated, oval-shaped species with slight lateral compression. The mouth is small and the caudal fin in fan-shaped.

See also: Badis, Fish, Aquarium, Species, Water