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Badidae (Chameleonfishes)
Etymology: Dario: Bengali/Bangla: ‘Darhi’, local Bengali name for this species; ‘Darhi’ also means ‘beard' (Ref. 2031); hysginon: From the conspicuous red color of the males of this species. Noun in apposition.
More on authors: Kullander & Britz.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Asia: Myanmar.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.0 cm NG male/unsexed; (Ref. 94495)
Dorsal spines (total): 14 - 15; Dorsal soft rays (total): 5 - 7; Anal soft rays: 5 - 8; Vertebrae: 24 - 26. Body color usually uniform or with weak reticulate pattern formed by dark scale margins, very rarely any vertical bars. No caudal, cleithral or opercular blotches. Lateral line scales usually 23, rarely 22 or 24; transverse scale row 8.5; vertebrae usually 25. Palatine teeth absent. Anguloarticular lateralis canal present. Males with black blotch anteriorly in dorsal fin (Ref. 46238).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Kullander, S.O. and R. Britz, 2002. Revision of the family Badidae (Teleostei: Perciformes), with description of a new genus and ten new species. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 13(4):295-372. (Ref. 46238)
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=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this 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).