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Badis singenensis Geetakumari & Kadu, 2011 |
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photo by
Bakalial, B. |
| Family: | Badidae (Chameleonfishes) | |||
| Max. size: | 3.7 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | pelagic; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | Asia: India. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Badis singenensis is with the following combination of characters: a conspicuous black blotch posterodorsally on opercle, at the base of opercle spine, round and usually covering portion of several scales; three distinct dark blotches at dorsal fin base, first blotch behind third spine, second behind sixth dorsal spine and third behind the fifth and sixth soft dorsal ray; another distinct black blotch at the base of anal fin behind the fifth soft anal fin ray; tooth plate count 5; scales in lateral row 25-26; interorbital width 9.2–13.3% SL; upper jaw length 7.6–8.8% SL; lower jaw length 9.4–10.2% SL; head length 30.2–34.6% SL (Ref. 87892). | |||
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| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||