No image available for this species; drawing shows typical species in Badidae.
分類 / Names 俗名 | 同種異名 | Catalog of Fishes(屬, 種) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei > Anabantiformes (Gouramies, snakeheads) 鱸形目 (Gouramies, snakeheads) > Badidae (Chameleonfishes) 變色龍科 (Chameleonfishes)
Etymology: Badis:'badis' is presumably a Bengali local name, possibly derived from 'bhedo' or 'bheda', but it lacks a proper reference. Probably incorrect etymology (J. Müller, pers. comm., April 2021, after information from native speakers); rhabdotus:Name from Greek 'rhabdotus' ῥαβδωτός, meaning striped, with referring to the prominent vertical bars ofrs of this species; an adjective with alternative endings, -a, -um..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range 生態學
背棘 (總數): 6 - 7; 背的軟條 (總數): 9-10; 脊椎骨: 28 - 29. This species is distinguished by the following characters: with a dark blotch on exposed cleithrum; no dark blotch dorsolaterally on the caudal peduncle; no short black bars along the middle of the side, nor a dark blotch on the gill cover; no black blotch anteriorly on dorsal fin; vertebrae 28-29; lateral scale row 27-29 ; D XVII.9–10, exceptionally XVI.9; narrow interorbital space 4.8-5.5% SL and slender body 25.7-32.0% ; side of males with intense black narrow vertical bars; vertical bars narrow, unpaired in both sexes, distinguishing from juvenile bar pattern in Badis, which consists of pairs of narrow bars; vertebrae 28-29; lateral scales 28-29, exceptionally 27; circumpeduncular scale rows 18 (Ref. 120428).
Life cycle and mating behavior 成熟度 | 繁殖 | 產卵場 | 卵 | 孕卵數 | 仔魚
Kullander, S., M. Norén, MD.N. Rahman and A.R. Mollah, 2019. Chameleonfishes in Bangladesh: hipshot taxonomy, sibling species, elusive species, and limits of species delimitation (Teleostei: Badidae). Zootaxa 4586(2). (Ref. 120428)
