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Badis (genus)

Badis is a genus of fish in the family Badidae. These fishes live in South Asia.

Fish of this genus have a sharp spine on the opercle, soft and spinous parts of the dorsal fin contiguous, three spines in the anal fin, tubed pores in the lateral line, villiform teeth, and a rounded tail fin.

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