Scarlet badis

Dario dario, males

Referred Dario dario, in German as a dwarf blue perch, Bengal dwarf bluefish, Scarlet bluefish, Scarlet Red Dwarf bluefish or Red Scarlet dwarf blue perch, a species of fish from the family of Badis ( Badidae ) is occurring in the states of Bihar, West Bengal and western Assam in northeastern India.

Features

Dario dario is a very small fish which did not even reach a length of 2 cm. The size caught in the wild males had a length of 14.8 mm, the largest female was 13 mm long. In aquarium maintenance fish grew to a length of 17.2 mm. Your body is moderately flattened elongated and laterally. The head is rounded, the muzzle short, the mouth large, and directed slightly upward. In the maxilla, three to four rows of teeth are front and one on the sides, in the lower jaw four front and two on the sides. The palatine bone is edentulous. On the gill cover is a short spike, which is usually hidden under a scale. Males are reddish colored with seven blue, vertical stripes on the body sides and blue and red fins. Females are gray with a more or less prominent, darker Seitenstreifung and transparent fins. The number of vertebrae is 24 to 25

• Fins formula: Dorsal XII- IXV/6-8, Anal 6-7.

Way of life

Dario dario lives in small, dense Limnophila, Hygrophila, Vallisneria, Rotala Ottelia and vegetated rivers and ponds with sandy bottom or fine gravel bottom. It feeds on very small invertebrates.