Badis badis
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The Blue perch is a species of fish the in family
Badidae of the order
Perciformes
. It is a small, predatory fish that feeds on tiny invertebrates. Maximum length is around 8 cm. Sexual dimorphism is minimal, though males normally display stronger colouration and females may appear more rounded when gravid. Colouration is extremely variable and changes with mood, though typically the fins are blue and dark vertical bands are apparent on the flanks.
Historically the two genera
that now make up the Badidae, Badis and Dario, were placed in the family Nandidae; this is no longer the case.
Badis badis is of slight commercial value as an aquarium fish
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Family (biology)
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Badidae of the order
Order (biology)
In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
Perciformes
Perciformes
The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, is one of the largest orders of vertebrates, containing about 40% of all bony fish. Perciformes means perch-like. They belong to the class of ray-finned fish and comprise over 7,000 species found in almost all aquatic environments...
. It is a small, predatory fish that feeds on tiny invertebrates. Maximum length is around 8 cm. Sexual dimorphism is minimal, though males normally display stronger colouration and females may appear more rounded when gravid. Colouration is extremely variable and changes with mood, though typically the fins are blue and dark vertical bands are apparent on the flanks.
Historically the two genera
Genera
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that now make up the Badidae, Badis and Dario, were placed in the family Nandidae; this is no longer the case.
Badis badis is of slight commercial value as an aquarium fish
Fishkeeping
Fishkeeping is a popular hobby concerned with keeping fish in a home aquarium or garden pond. There is also a fishkeeping industry, as a branch of agriculture.-Types of fishkeeping systems:...
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Distribution
Asia.- Indus River drainage in Pakistan from Kashmir (Jhelum River)
- Ganges River drainage in India, Bangladesh, and Nepal, from Himachal Pradesh (Yamuna River) to estuary
- Mahanadi River drainage
- Assam lowlands near Brahmaputra (Gauhati, Kaziranga, and Dibru River)
- Also reported in Bhutan.