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Badis pyema Kullander & Britz, 2002
Family:	Badidae (Chameleonfishes)	picture () by ( not available )
Order:	Perciformes (perch-likes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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Max. size:	4.1 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 46238)
Environment:	benthopelagic
Climate:	tropical
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Resilience:	Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Assuming Fec<100)
Distribution:	Asia: Myanmar.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 16-17; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-10; Anal soft rays: 6-8; Vertebrae: 28-29. Body extremely slender, body depth 26.3-32.7% SL. Dentary pores 1-2; infraorbital pores 1-2; lachrymal pores 2; extrascapular pore 1. Caudal fin base with a prominent dark spot at the center, surrounded by a light ring. Differs from B. corycaeus in having a slender body, depth (versus 32.5-39.4%SL); more lateral line scales, 27-28 (versus 25-26); more vertebrae, 28-29 (versus 26-29); and color pattern where males are overall light with scattered black spots on each scale on sides. No dark blotch on cleithrum, opercular margin, nor on dorsolateral side of caudal peduncle (Ref. 46238).
Biology:	Collected from a small, fast flowing stream, about 3 m wide on the average, relatively shallow, less than 0,5 m deep, with occasional riffles; water clear and colorless; the bottom with rock, gravel or sand. This stream ran between forested hills, with grass and shrub close to the margin, providing up to about 75% shadow, but no water vegetation (Ref. 46238)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
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Main Ref:	Kullander, S.O. and R. Britz. 2002. (Ref. 46238)
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Myanmar country information
Common names:	Nga-pye-ma	Ref: Kullander, S.O. and R. Britz, 2002
Status:	native	Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Regulations:	no regulations	Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Known only from Putao, northern part of the country. Type locality, Nan Hto Chaung, about 1 mi from 46th regiment, Irrawaddy R. drainage, Kachin State. This is a small, fast flowing stream, about 3 m wide on the average, relatively shallow, less than 0,5 m deep, with occasional riffles; water clear and colorless; the bottom with rock, gravel or sand. This stream ran between forested hills, with grass and shrub close to the margin, providing up to about 75% shadow, but no water vegetation. It ends in an impoundment, about 300 m upstream from the rice mill (Ref. 46238). Also Ref. 54351.
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Occurrences:	Occurrences Point map
Main Ref:	Kullander, S.O. and R. Britz, 2002
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