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Badis chittagongis Kullander & Britz, 2002

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, small stream in Lama town, Matamohuri R. drainage, Bandarban Hill Tracts, Chittagong Division, CAS 216608 (holotype of B. chittagongis, 3.54 cm SL, male). Collected only in hillstreams near Chittagong, SE of the Ganges delta; no other material east of the Ganges, adjacent Indian states of Tripura or Mizoram, or the eastern coast of Myanmar, but absence may be due to insufficient collecting (Ref. 46238).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/bg.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kullander, S.O. and R. Britz, 2002
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Common names from other countries

Chittagongbadis, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Anabantiformes (Gouramies, snakeheads) > Badidae (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);  chittagongis: Named for its type locality, Chittagong Hills, an adjective with alternative endings -is, -e..
  More on authors: Kullander & Britz.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical

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