Scientific Name: Dario kajal Britz & Kullander, 2013
English Name: Eye-liner koi
Local/Bangla Name: Kajla napit koi (কাজলা নাপিত কৈ)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes
Family: Badidae
Description:
This fish features a postorbital stripe that extends behind the eye, aligning with the preorbital stripe. Males exhibit a series of double bars confined to the upper half of the body. It lacks a caudal peduncle blotch and a horizontal suborbital stripe, and it does not have palatine teeth. The dorsal fin comprises 13-15 spines and 6-8 soft rays, while the anal fin includes 3 spines and 6-8 soft rays. The vertebrae count ranges from 24 to 26.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Found in small, shallow pool with stagnant to slow-flowing water
Environment:
Freshwater; pelagic-neritic.
References:
DoF Bangladesh (2023) Album: Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Bangladesh, Dhaka. 200 pp.
Reference Add hobe
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (04/2025).
