Taxonomy & naming
Badis kyar was described by Kullander and Britz in 2002 from a small stream in the Irrawaddy drainage near Myitkyina, Kachin State, Myanmar. It belongs to Badidae, the family of badis and Dario, which Kullander and Britz revised in the same paper. Stores list it under its scientific name.
Morphology
FishBase gives a maximum length of 1.5 in SL. It is a small perch-like fish of the badid type, with a compressed body and a long dorsal fin. A fuller description of colour and pattern is in the original revision.
Habitat
FishBase describes it as a freshwater, benthopelagic fish of the tropics, found in small streams flowing out of low forest. It is recorded only from Myanmar. The type locality is a small stream on the Myitkyina to Mogaung road in Kachin State.
Feeding
Diet has not been recorded for the species. Badids are small ambush feeders that take live invertebrates, and the family is generally reluctant to accept dry food.
Mating
Courtship and spawning behaviour have not been described for this species.
Breeding
FishBase has no reproduction entry for Badis kyar. Other badids spawn in caves or crevices, with the male guarding the eggs, but that pattern has not been recorded for this species.
In the aquarium
The species reaches the trade in small numbers and carries no husbandry record in the sources available to the atlas. At under 1.5 in SL it suits a small, quiet, planted tank with hiding places and live or frozen small foods, as other badids do.
Conservation
No IUCN assessment is known for Badis kyar. It is known from a restricted part of northern Myanmar, and its status in the wild is not documented.