Badis badis

[illumnae]

haha i don't think you get what i'm trying to say but it's ok we can talk over pm/msn

i fully agree with you on your post and i think everyone on the forum learning to use correct names is a very good thing.

[aquanatix]

Regardless of names,this fish is still magnificent to me!
For me,it'll always be the "Blue badis"

[EvolutionZ]

can i house this blue badis with baby platinium angels?

[Quixotic]

Nic and illuminae, I think it all comes down to semantics. When scientific names are used as common names, then it will then depend on which one the person is referring to.

If someone is referring to Badis badis as the common name used by the LFS, then yes, you can argue whether that is the "true" or "false" fish. If someone is referring to Badis badis as the scientific name, then there is no "true " or "false" fish, is there?

In any case, we always try to encourage use of scientific names, so everyone knows we are talking about the exact fish and not getting someone confused.

For the B badis there are actually different type. I personally used to have 4 to 5 different species of the red colour tailed B badis.

Nic, as far as I know, there are no other known variants/aquarium strains of B. badis except the ones that is shown in the Gene and CK's pictures. So the fish you mentioned may need proper identification to find out if it is a variant or some other species.

Let us not forget, there are a number of other species in the Badis genus. There are 13 described species as of now as confirmed from Fishbase. Some of these like B. assamensis and B. corycaeus were previously available in our LFS as well, but could well have been sold as B. badis.

EvolutionZ, probably okay if the tank is very well planted. But then again, I would be wary of the agression between the angels and B. badis, as angels are equally territorial fishes. However, these squabbles will probably end up with no more than torn fins. Note how genes mention that his Apistogrammas cannot match the B. badis aggression.

So far, the Ap. iniridae and Ap. cacatuoides were no match for him.

[illumnae]

If someone is referring to Badis badis as the common name used by the LFS, then yes, you can argue whether that is the "true" or "false" fish.

thanks for clarifying Quixotic, this is exactly what i meant didn't know how to explain it as clearly as you did