Badis laspiophilus

Taxonavigation: Nandoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Anabantaria Ordo: Anabantiformes Subordo: Nandoidei

Familia: Badidae
Genus: Badis
Species: Badis laspiophilus

Name

Badis laspiophilus Valdesalici & van der Voort, 2015

• Holotype: MTD F 32869.
• Paratypes: MTD F 32870–32873 (4), F 32874 (1, C&S); MSNG 57414 (3).

Type locality: India: West Bengal: Jalpaiguri District: buffer zone of the Buxa Tiger Reserve, Shipra swamp area, Torsa River drainage, 26°30’234”N 89°44’095”E, elevation: 54 metres.

Etymology: The specific name laspiophilus is a derivative from the Greek words λάσπη (láspi̱; mud) and ϕίλοϛ (philos; friend), and refers to the substrate of the type locality plus the benthic ecology of the species.

References

• Valdesalici, 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3986.2.3 Preview (PDF). Reference page. 

Links

• Badis laspiophilus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on May 14, 2021.
• Badis laspiophilus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024, accessed on May 14, 2021.
• Badis laspiophilus – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• Badis laspiophilus in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on May 14, 2021

Vernacular names

English: Buxar Badis