| Family: |
Badidae (Chameleonfishes) |
| Max. size: |
6.8 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
Asia: India. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 16-17; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-11; Anal soft rays: 7-8; Vertebrae: 29-30. Possess a prominent dark blotch posterodorsally on opercle and two rows of irregular blackish blotches along side. Differs from B. blosyrus by shorter jaw, upper jaw 9.7-10.9 SL vs. 12.0-13.6; lower jaw 12.7-14.6%SL vs. 16.3-18.5, having more scales in lateral row (28-29 vs. 27-28), fewer gill rakers (7-9 vs. 10-13), and more vertebrae (29-30 vs. 27-29) (Ref. 46238). |
| Biology: |
Neotype locality was a swamp-like tributary over 1 m deep with stagnant, brownish water, situated in plains, in a forest landscape, and with trees close to the bank, trees and waterlilies in the water; sandy bottom (Ref. 46238). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 26 March 2010 Ref. (130435)
|
| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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