| Scarlet badis | |
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| Dario dario male | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | Badidae |
| Genus: | Dario |
| Species: | D. dario
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| Binomial name | |
| Dario dario (F. Hamilton, 1822)
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The scarlet badis (Dario dario) is a tropical freshwater fish and one of the smallest known percoid fish species.[2][3] It is a micropredator, feeding on small aquatic crustaceans, worms, insect larvae and other zooplankton. It is sold under a variety of names (Badis badis bengalensis, B. bengalensis) in the aquarium trade.[citation needed]
- ^ Britz, R.; Chaudhry, S. (2010). "Dario dario". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T168542A71506120. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T168542A71506120.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Dario dario". FishBase. August 2019 version.
- ^ "Dario dario – Scarlet Badis (Badis dario, Badis badis bengalensis) — Seriously Fish". Retrieved 16 December 2022.