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Badidae (chameleonfishes)

Osteichthyes - Anabantiformes - Badidae

Taxonomy
Badidae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Anabantiformes by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Nandoidei by van der Laan (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Badidae Nelson et al. p. 395
2019Badidae van der Laan p. 77

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
Anabantaria
orderAnabantiformes
suborderNandoidei
familyBadidae
familyBadidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Badidae [chameleonfishes]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available