Vertebrate Zoology 66(2): 151-156, doi:
Badis pancharatnaensis, a new percoid fish species from Brahmaputra River drainage, Assam, India (Teleostei: Badidae)
expand article infoSudem Basumatary, Hrishikesh Choudhury, Ratul A. Baishya, Dandadhar Sarma, Waikhom Vishwanath

Corresponding author: Dandadhar Sarma ( sarma_dandadhar@yahoo.com )

© Sudem Basumatary, Hrishikesh Choudhury, Ratul Baishya, Dandadhar Sarma, Waikhom Vishwanath.
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Citation: Basumatary S, Choudhury H, Baishya RA, Sarma D, Vishwanath W (2016) Badis pancharatnaensis, a new percoid fish species from Brahmaputra River drainage, Assam, India (Teleostei: Badidae). Vertebrate Zoology 66(2): 151-156
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Abstract
Badis pancharatnaensis, a new percomorph, is described from the Brahmaputra River drainage of Assam, India. It is distinguished from its congeners by having the following combination of characters: a conspicuous black blotch on the superficial part of cleithrum; pointed soft dorsal, anal, and pelvic fins, the 2nd soft ray of pelvic-fin reaching slightly beyond the vent; 13 ‒ 14 pectoral-fin rays; circumpeduncular scales 14 ‒ 17; body depth 28.2 ‒ 33.8% of SL; interorbital distance 7.1 ‒ 9.4% of SL; and 28 number of vertebrae.
Keywords
Badidae, Badis, taxonomy, new species, River Brahmaputra, Assam.