badis, Labrus Hamilton [F.] 1822:70, 368, Pl. 25 (fig. 23) [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Shore of Tumapao River close to Duma village (Ganges River drainage), about 65 kilometers north-northeast of Calcutta, West Bengal, India, 22°58'03"N, 88°49'49"E. Neotype: NRM 43012. Neotype designated by Kullander & Britz 2002:305, 310 [ref. 26542]. Hamilton's original illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 45 [ref. 37532]. •Valid as Badis badis (Hamilton 1822) -- (Ataur Rahman 1989:321 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:882 [ref. 20764], Sen 1995:587 [ref. 23778], Banik & Choudhury 1996:579 [ref. 24736], Sen 1999:203 [ref. 24750], Menon 1999:289 [ref. 24904], Tomey 1999:24 [ref. 24285], Rafique 2000:327 [ref. 25220], Karmakar 2000:35 [ref. 25662], Kullander & Britz 2002:305 [ref. 26542], Mirza 2003:23 [ref. 27265], Ataur Rahman 2003:347 [ref. 31338], Vishwanath & Shanta 2004:1620 [ref. 27861], Shrestha 2008:219 [ref. 29923], Geetakumari & Vishwanath 2010:646 [ref. 30699], Schindler & Linke 2010:212 [ref. 31069], Geetakumari & Kadu 2011:2085 [ref. 31540], Britz et al. 2012:63 [ref. 32015], Khynriam & Sen 2012:66 [ref. 32119], Ahmed et al. 2013:286 [ref. 32872], Gurung et al. 2013:4884 [ref. 32969], Dahanukar et al. 2015:435 [ref. 33730], Valdesalici & van der Voort 2015:391 [ref. 33875], Basumatary et al. 2016:152 [ref. 34778], Blair et al. 2018:104 [ref. 36323], Kullander et al. 2019:312 [ref. 36656], Prasad & Srinivasulu 2019:14213 [ref. 37264], Lalramliana et al. 2021:12 [ref. 38526]). Current status: Valid as Badis badis (Hamilton 1822). Badidae. Distribution: South Asia: Ganga and Brahmaputra River basins (Pakistan, Nepal, India and Bhutan); Padma, Jamuna and Meghna River basins (Bangladesh); Godavari River basin (India). Habitat: freshwater.