Scientific Name: Badis badis (Hamilton, 1822)
English Name: Badis, Chameleon fish
Local/Bangla Name: Napit koi (নাপিত কৈ), Koi bondi (কইবন্দি)
Photo: Balaram Mahalder
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Anabantiformes
Family: Badidae
Description:
Dorsal spines (total): 15 – 17; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-10; Anal soft rays: 6 – 8. It has conspicuous dark blotch covering superficial part of cleithrum above pectoral fin base. It lacks a dark caudal peduncle blotch. Number of scales in lateral row are 25-27 and circumpeduncular scales 19-20. Pectoral rays usually 12. It has a series of prominent dark blotches along dorsal fin base and/or a series of dark blotches along middle of dorsal fin. It has indistinct bars on side.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Lives in beels, ditches, ponds and swamps throughout Bangladesh.
Environment:
Freshwater (Benthopelagic)
References:
Rahman AKA (2005) Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh. 2nd ed. Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh. xviii + 394 pp.
Siddiqui KU, Islam MA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hasan MA, Khondker M and Rahman MM (eds.) (2007) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh. Vol. 23. Freshwater Fishes. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka. 300+xxxi. pp.
DoF Bangladesh (2023) Album: Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Bangladesh, Dhaka. 200 pp.
