Badidae

Badis

Badis badis

Ponds ditches and swamps suit this perch

• Brown
• Tropical
• Estuary
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• South Asia
• Fusiform
• Compressed cross-section
• Small
• Tropical fish

Badis badis, also known as the blue perch or blue badis, is a small species of Asian freshwater fish in the family Badidae of the order Anabantiformes. It is found in ponds, rivers, ditches and swamps in northern India, eastern Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal, including the Ganges, Brahmaputra, Mahanadi and Indus basins. It is sometimes kept as an aquarium fish.