''Badis'' is a

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in the

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Badidae found in

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and China. These

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have a sharp spine on the

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, soft and spinous parts of the

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contiguous, three spines in the anal fin, tubed pores in the lateral line, villiform teeth and a rounded

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.Geetakumari, K. & Kadu, K. (2011)
''Badis singenensis'', a new fish species (Teleostei: Badidae) from Singen River, Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India.
''Journal of Threatened Taxa, 3 (9): 2085-2089.'' In addition, they differ from the related genus ''

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'' by being larger and displaying more involved parental care.

Species

There are currently 24 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, 2015Valdesalici, S. & van der Voort, S. (2015): Four new species of the Indo-Burmese genus ''Badis'' from West Bengal, India (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Badidae). ''Zootaxa, 3985 (3): 391–408.'' * '' Badis assamensis'' C. G. E. Ahl, 1937 * '' Badis autumnum'' Valdesalici & van der Voort, 2015 * '' Badis badis'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) * '' Badis blosyrus'' S. O. Kullander &

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, 2002 * '' Badis britzi'' Dahanukar, Kumkar, U. Katwate & Raghavan, 2015Dahanukar, N., Kumkar, P., Katwate, U. & Raghavan, R. (2015): ''Badis britzi'', a new percomorph fish (Teleostei: Badidae) from the Western Ghats of India. ''Zootaxa, 3941 (3): 429–436.'' * '' Badis chittagongis'' S. O. Kullander &

, 2002 * '' Badis corycaeus'' S. O. Kullander &

, 2002 * '' Badis dibruensis'' Geetakumari & Vishwanath, 2010 * '' Badis ferrarisi'' S. O. Kullander &

, 2002 * '' Badis juergenschmidti'' I. Schindler & Linke, 2010 * '' Badis kaladanensis'' Ramliana L, Lalronunga S, Singh M (2021)Ramliana L, Lalronunga S, Singh M (2021) Badis kaladanensis, a new fish species (Teleostei: Badidae) from Mizoram, northeast India. PLoS ONE 16(7): e0246466. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246466 * '' Badis kanabos'' S. O. Kullander &

, 2002 * '' Badis khwae'' S. O. Kullander &

, 2002 * '' Badis kyanos'' Valdesalici & van der Voort, 2015 * '' Badis kyar'' S. O. Kullander &

, 2002 * '' Badis laspiophilus'' Valdesalici & van der Voort, 2015Valdesalici, S. & van der Voort, S. (2015): ''Badis laspiophilus'', a new miniature addition to the ichthyofauna of West Bengal, north-eastern India, with observations on its ecology and preliminary notes on its ethology (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Badidae). ''Zootaxa, 3986 (2): 193–200.'' * '' Badis pancharatnaensis''

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, Baishya, Sarma & Vishwanath, 2016Basumatary, S., Choudhury, H., Baishya, R.A., Sarma, D. & Vishwanath, W. (2016)
''Badis pancharatnaensis'', a new percoid fish species from Brahmaputra River drainage, Assam, India (Teleostei: Badidae).
''Vertebrate Zoology, 66 (2): 151-156.'' * '' Badis pyema'' S. O. Kullander &

, 2002 * '' 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 &

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, 2004

References

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