Dario kajal

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Nandoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes 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 [1], 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.) 2026. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on May 12, 2021.
• Dario kajal in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2026. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024, 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