title: Badis britzi, a new percomorph fish (Teleostei: Badidae) from the Western Ghats of India.
abstract: Badis britzi, the first species of the genus endemic to southern India, is described from the Nagodi tributary of the west-flowing Sharavati River in Karnataka. It is distinguished from congeners by a combination of characters including a slender body, 21-24 pored lateral-line scales and a striking colour pattern consisting of 11 bars and a mosaic of black and red pigmentation on the side of the body including the end of caudal peduncle, and the absence of cleithral, opercular, or caudal-peduncle blotches, or an ocellus on the caudal-fin base. Badis triocellus Khynriam & Sen is considered a junior synonym of B. singenensis Geetakumari & Kadu.
authors.affiliation: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, G1 Block, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune 411 008, India Systematics, Ecology and Conservation Laboratory, Zoo Outreach Organization, 96 Kumudham Nagar, Vilankurichi Road, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641 035, India; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Neelesh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dahanukar
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411 016, India; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Pradeep
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kumkar
authors.affiliation: Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), Hornbill House, Opp. Lion Gate, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Road, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400 001, India; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Unmesh
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Katwate
authors.affiliation: Systematics, Ecology and Conservation Laboratory, Zoo Outreach Organization, 96 Kumudham Nagar, Vilankurichi Road, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641 035, India Conservation Research Group (CRG), Department of Fisheries, St. Albert's College, Kochi, Kerala 682 018, India; Email: rajeevraq@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Rajeev
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Raghavan
mesh_terms: D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D010473:Perciformes / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development