Badis pancharatnaensis, a new percoid fish species from Brahmaputra River drainage, Assam, India (Teleostei: Badidae)

Abstract

Badis pancharatnaensis, a new percomorph, is described from the Brahmaputra River drainage of Assam, India. It is distinguished from its congeners by having the following combination of characters: a conspicuous black blotch on the superficial part of cleithrum; pointed soft dorsal, anal, and pelvic fins, the 2nd soft ray of pelvic-fin reaching slightly beyond the vent; 13-14 pectoral-fin rays; circumpeduncular scales 14-17; body depth 28.2-33.8% of SL; interorbital distance 7.1-9.4% of SL; and 28 number of vertebrae.