Classification / Names
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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Anabantiformes (Gouramies, snakeheads) >
Badidae (Chameleonfishes)
Etymology: Dario: Bengali/Bangla: ‘Darhi’, local Bengali name for this species; ‘Darhi’ also means ‘beard' (Ref. 2031); huli: The specific name is derived from the Kannada word ಹು , ‘Huli’, for tiger and alludes to the
vertical bars on its body, which reminded us of the stripes of a tiger. A noun in apposition.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Asia: a small tributary stream of the Tunga River in Karnataka, India.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 98908)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7 - 8; Vertebrae: 26. Dario huli is distinguished from all congeners, except D. urops, by having a conspicuous black blotch on the caudal-fin base and the anterior dorsal-fin lappets in males not being produced beyond the fin spines. It can be diagnosed from D. urops by having the following characters: horizontal suborbital stripe absent (vs. suborbital stripe present); a series of up to 8 black bars on the body (vs. 2-3 black bars restricted to the caudal peduncle); an oval caudal-fin blotch with a lighter bar in front of it, sometimes inconspicuous (vs. a round blotch with a curved, halo-like lighter area); 25 scales in a lateral row (vs. 28); 13+13=26 vertebrae (vs. 14+14-15=28-29); 3-5 tubed lateral-line scales (vs. tubed lateral-line scales completely absent); and teeth on hypobranchial 3 (vs. absence of teeth) (Ref. 98908).
Occurs in a small, clearwater stream, up to 5 m wide and 2 m deep, with sandy bottom and larger rocks and boulders. Collected from among vegetation hanging down into the water along the edges of the stream. Found associated with the following fish species: Devario malabaricus, Rasbora dandia, Danio rerio, Lepidocephalichthys thermalis, Acanthocobitis cf. mooreh, Pterocryptis wynaadensis, Mastacembelus cf. armatus, Channa cf. gachua, and Pseudosphromenus cupanus (Ref. 98908).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Britz, R. and A. Ali, 2015. Dario huli, a new species of badid from Karnataka, southern India. (Teleostei: Percomorpha; Badidae). Zootaxa 3911(1):139-144. (Ref. 98908)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01175 (0.00501 - 0.02757), b=2.92 (2.72 - 3.12), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
