Badis is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Badidae found in South Asia, Southeast Asia and China. These species have a sharp spine on the opercle, soft and spinous parts of the dorsal fin contiguous, three spines in the anal fin, tubed pores in the lateral line, villiform teeth and a rounded caudal fin. In addition, they differ from the related genus Dario by being larger and displaying more involved parental care.
Species
There are currently 28 recognized species in this genus, but a comprehensive taxonomic review is necessary as some of the described species are inseparable based on available data.
Badis andrewraoi Valdesalici & van der Voort, 2015
Badis assamensis C. G. E. Ahl, 1937
Badis autumnum Valdesalici & van der Voort, 2015
Badis badis (F. Hamilton, 1822)
Badis blosyrus S. O. Kullander & Britz, 2002
Badis britzi Dahanukar, Kumkar, U. Katwate & Raghavan, 2015
Badis chittagongis S. O. Kullander & Britz, 2002
Badis corycaeus S. O. Kullander & Britz, 2002
Badis dibruensis Geetakumari & Vishwanath, 2010
Badis ferrarisi S. O. Kullander & Britz, 2002
Badis juergenschmidti I. Schindler & Linke, 2010
Badis kaladanensis Ramliana L, Lalronunga S, Singh M (2021)
Badis kanabos S. O. Kullander & Britz, 2002
Badis khwae S. O. Kullander & Britz, 2002
Badis kyanos Valdesalici & van der Voort, 2015
Badis kyar S. O. Kullander & Britz, 2002
Badis laspiophilus Valdesalici & van der Voort, 2015
Badis limaakumi J. Praveenraj, 2023
Badis pallidus S. O. Kullander, Nóren, Rahman & Mollah, 2019
Badis pancharatnaensis Basumatary, Choudhury, Baishya, Sarma & Vishwanath, 2016
Badis pyema S. O. Kullander & Britz, 2002
Badis rhabdotus S. O. Kullander, Nóren, Rahman & Mollah, 2019
Badis ruber Schreitmüller, 1923
Badis siamensis Klausewitz, 1957
Badis singenensis Geetakumari & Kadu, 2011
Badis soraya Valdesalici & van der Voort, 2015
Badis triocellus Khynriam & Sen, 2013
Badis tuivaiei Vishwanath & Shanta, 2004