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{{Short description|Species of fish}}
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| image = Badis badis.jpg
| image2 = Blauwe badis (vrouw).jpg
| image2_caption = male above, female below
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Chaudhry, S. |date=2010 |title=''Badis badis'' |volume=2010 |page=e.T168335A6478454 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T168335A6478454.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref>
| taxon = Badis badis
| authority = ([[Francis Buchanan-Hamilton|F. Hamilton]], 1822)
| synonyms = *''Labrus badis'' <small>Hamilton, 1822</small>
*''Labrus fasciata'' <small>[[William John Swainson|Swainson]], 1839</small>
*''Cychla fasciata'' <small>(Swainson, 1839)</small>
*''Badis buchanani'' <small>[[Pieter Bleeker|Bleeker]], 1853</small>
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}}
'''''Badis badis''''', also known as the '''blue perch''' or '''blue badis''', is a small [[species]] of Asian freshwater fish in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Badidae]] of the [[order (biology)|order]] [[Anabantiformes]]. It is found in ponds, rivers, ditches and swamps in northern India, eastern Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal, including the [[Ganges]], [[Brahmaputra]], [[Mahanadi]] and [[Indus]] basins.<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" /><ref name="fishbase"/><ref>{{cite journal | author1=Mirza, M.R. | author2=Mirza, Z.S. | year=2014 | title=Longitudinal Zonation in the Fish Fauna of the Indus River in Pakistan | journal=Biologia (Pakistan) | volume=60 | issue=1 | pages=149–152 }}</ref> It is sometimes kept as an [[fishkeeping|aquarium fish]].<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" /> It is a small, predatory fish that feeds on tiny invertebrates. Maximum total length is around {{cvt|8|cm|in|0}}.<ref>[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/231731 About Badis badis]</ref><ref>[http://en.bdfish.org/2011/08/badis-badis-badis/ The length of Badis badis are some record in some countries]</ref> It is [[sexually dimorphic]], with males growing larger and more colorful, especially when excited, compared to females. Adult males have blue fins and may display dark vertical bands on the flanks, while the smaller females display little color. Several similar relatives, now recognized as separate ''[[Badis (fish)|Badis]]'' species, have historically been confused with ''Badis badis''.<ref>{{cite journal | author1=[[Sven O. Kullander|Kullander, S.O.]] | author2=R. Britz | year=2002 | title=Revision of the family Badidae (Teleostei: Perciformes), with description of a new genus and ten new species | journal=Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters | volume=13 | issue=4 | pages=295–372 }}</ref> Historically the two [[genera]] that now make up the Badidae, ''Badis'' and ''[[Dario (fish)|Dario]]'', were placed in the family [[Nandidae]]; this is no longer the case.<ref name="fishbase">{{FishBase species | genus = Badis | species = badis | month = August | year = 2019 }}</ref>
== References ==
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[[Category:Fish of Pakistan]]
[[Category:Badidae]]
[[Category:Fish described in 1822]]
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