| Main Ref. | Basumatary, S., H. Choudhury, R.A. Baishya, D. Sarma and W. Vishwanath, 2016 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | fusiform / normal |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | cycloid and ctenoid scales |
| Diagnosis |
Badis pancharatnaensis is distinguished from all its congeners in having a combination of the following characters: dark brownish black bars on sides present; a series of dark blotches along middle of dorsal-fin present; a prominent black blotch on the superficial part of cleithrum present; elongate median caudal blotch with a posterior bar surrounding the caudal-fin base; pointed pelvic-fin reaching beyond vent in both sexes; pointed soft dorsal and anal-fin; 28.2- 33.8% SL body depth; 7.1-9.4% SL interorbital distance; 14-17 scales around caudal peduncle; 31-33 lateral scale rows; 6-8 gill rakers; and 28 (15+13) vertebrae (Ref. 118053). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 31 - 33 |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | 21 - 23 |
| Scale rows below lateral line | 4 - 4 |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | 14 - 17 |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | 6 - 8 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 28 - 28 |
| Attributes | extending over most of the back length |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 15 - 17 |
| Soft-rays total | 8 - 9 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | more or less truncate |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 13 - 14 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position thoracic behind origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |