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Scientific Name: Badis badis (Hamilton, 1822)
English Name: Badis, Chameleon fish
Local/Bangla Name: Napit koi (নাপিত কৈ), Koi bondi (কইবন্দি)
Bonyfish : Badis badis

Photo: Fishbase

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)
Main References:

Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp.

Other References:

Siddiqui KU, Islam MA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp. AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondker M, Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp. MM (eds.) 2007 Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 23. Freshwater Fishes. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka 300 pp.

DoF Bangladesh (2023) Album: Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Bangladesh, Dhaka. 200 pp.

DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
COI: KT364764  
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
Global IUCN conservation status:
Other Information