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Blue Badis

Badis badis (Hamilton, 1822)

Status not recordedbony fish

The blue badis (Badis badis) is a species in the family Badidae, order Anabantiformes.

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Quick facts about the blue badis

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the blue badis live?

Not recorded

Is the blue badis endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the blue badis classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAnabantiformes
  5. familyBadidae
  6. genusBadis
  7. SpeciesBadis badis (Hamilton, 1822)

Synonyms Badis buchanani, Cychla fasciata, Labrus badis, Labrus fasciata

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • Blue perchEnglish
  • Dwarf ChameleonfishEnglish
  • ostnáček modrýCzech
  • Indisk bladfiskDanish
  • BlaubarschGerman
  • badisSpanish
  • badis błękitnopłetwyPolish
  • Perca-duende-azulPortuguese
  • БадисRussian
  • Риба-хамелеонUkrainian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the blue badis

Other species in the same genus Badis.

Red Badis

Badis blosyrus

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the blue badis?

The blue badis (Badis badis) belongs to the family Badidae in the order Anabantiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Blue Badis (Badis badis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-badis

MLA

“Blue Badis (Badis badis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-badis.

BibTeX
@misc{blue_badis_2026,
  title = {Blue Badis (Badis badis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-badis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}