Badis badis (Hamilton, 1822)

Sinha, Bikramjit, 2019, Ichthyofauna of Lower Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh w. s. r. to Ranga River, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119 (2) : -

66. Badis badis (Hamilton, 1822)

1822. Labrus badis Hamilton, Fish Ganges : pp. 70, 368, pl. 25, Figure 23 (type locality, Shore of Tumapao River close to Duma village [Ganges River drainage], about 65 kilometers north-north east of Calcutta, West Bengal, India, 22°58’03”N, 88°49’49”E)

1839. Labrus (Cychla) fasciata Swainson, On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. Spottiswoode & Co., London., 2: 228.

1853. Badis buchanani Bleeker, Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 25 (8): 106, Pl. 2, Figure 3 (Hooghly River, Calcutta; Jihlum River, Chillianwallah, India).

Common Name(s): Dwarf Chameleon fish

Local Name(s): Khen ngoi (Nyishi)

Material examined: ZSI/ V / APFS / P-378 , 11 exs., 18.6 to 21.4 mm, Ranga River, Hawa camp, Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh , 24.xi.2002, P.B. Thapa; ZSI/ V / APFS / P-616 , 6 exs., 10.1 to 29.1 mm, Pond, Siro village, Ziro , Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh ,

21.vi.2012, B. Sinha.

Distribution: INDIA: Arunachal Pradesh-Lower Subansiri, East Siang, Lohit, Papumpare, Tirap; Throughout India. Elsewhere: Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Bhutan.

Habit and Habitat: Freshwater, benthopelagic. Occurs solitarily in rivers, ponds and ditches, also found in swamps.

IUCN Status: Least Concern

Suborder CHANNOIDEI

Family CHANNIDAE

Genus Channa Scopoli, 1777

Figures

Figure 3. Ranga nadi dam reservoir area.