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Dario neela Britz, Anoop & Dahanukar, 2018

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Dario neela Britz, Anoop & Dahanukar, 2018
Name authority
Britz, Anoop & Dahanukar, 2018
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Anabantiformes
Family
Badidae
Genus
Dario
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderAnabantiformes
  11. suborderNandoidei
  12. familyBadidae Barlow, Liem & Wickler, 1968
  13. genusDario Kullander & Britz, 2002
  14. speciesDario neela Britz, Anoop & Dahanukar, 2018

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Dario. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Dario huli Britz & Ali, 2015BadidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dario dario (Hamilton, 1822)BadidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dario hysginon Kullander & Britz, 2002BadidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dario kajal Britz & Kullander, 2013BadidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dario urops Britz, Ali & Philip, 2012BadidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 19 records assigned to Badidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Britz, R., Anoop, V., & Dahanukar, N. (2018). Dario neela, a new species of badid fish from the Western Ghats of India (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Badidae). Zootaxa, 4429. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4429.1.6 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:D596G. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.