Badidae

Badidae
Badis badis
Dario dario (male)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Badidae
Barlow, Liem & Wickler, 1968
Genera[1]

Badis
Dario

The Badidae (the chameleonfishes) are a small family (about 23 species) of perciform fishes. Members of this family are found in freshwater lowlands of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Mahanadi basins, in Nepal, India, and Bangladesh; and, Irrawaddy in Myanmar and China (Dario species). They are small fish with the largest, Badis assamensis reaching a length of 6.8 cm (2.7 in) while the smallest, Dario dario, does not exceed 2 cm (0.79 in).

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). "Badidae" in FishBase. February 2013 version.


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