Dario kajal

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Nandoidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Anabantaria Ordo: Anabantiformes Subordo: Nandoidei

Familia: Badidae
Genus: Dario
Species: Dario kajal

Name

Dario kajal Britz & Kullander, 2013

Holotype: BMNH 2006.8.2.1.
Paratypes: BMNH 2006.8.2.2-26 (25); NRM 47440 (2), 47441 (1), 47442 (2).

Type locality: India, Meghalaya, Jaintia Hills, Seinphoh stream at Umolong, 7 km from Jowai town, 25°31’36"N, 92°08’27"E , 1320 m asl.

Etymology: The species name is derived from the Hindi word kajal meaning black eyeliner, especially used by traditional Indian dancers, in allusion to the prominent orbital stripes of the new species.

References

Britz, R. & Kullander, S.O. 2013. Dario kajal, a new species of badid fish from Meghalaya, India (Teleostei: Badidae). Zootaxa 3731(3): 331–337. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3731.3.3 Reference page.

Links

Dario kajal in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2022. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on May 12, 2021.
Dario kajal in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 06/2022, accessed on May 12, 2021.
Dario kajal – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
Dario kajal in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on May 12, 2021

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