Betta akarensis

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Akar betta

Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anabantiformes
Family: Osphronemidae
Genus: Betta
Species:
B. akarensis
Binomial name
Betta akarensis
Synonyms
  • Betta climacura , 1988

Betta akarensis, the Akar betta, is a species of gourami endemic to south-east Sarawak, and whose species name akar was so named after where it was originally found in the river Sungai Akar. This species is a mouthbrooder,[4] and grows to a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) SL. According to Linke, they "live predominantly in mineral-poor, slightly acid water enriched with humic substances".[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Low, B.W. (2019). "Betta akarensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T91307091A91307101. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T91307091A91307101.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Vierke, Jörg (1988), "Bettas, Goramis and other Anabantoids", Labyrinth Fishes of the World, Nepture, New Jersey: T. F. H. Publications Inc., pp. 118–119, The date of first description is again erroneously reported as 1909, as are also B. fusca, B. taeniata and other species published in this work. In fact, Regan's work was first published in April 1910.
  3. ^ Regan, Charles Tate (1910). "The Asiatic Fishes of the Family Anabantidae". Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 4: 779.
  4. ^ Vierke, Jörg (1988), "Bettas, Goramis and other Anabantoids", Labyrinth Fishes of the World, Nepture, New Jersey: T. F. H. Publications Inc., p. 119
  5. ^ Linke, Horste (2012), "Betta akarensis REGAN, 1910", Labyrinth Fish World, Taiwan: Fish Magazine Taiwan, p. 35, ISBN 978-986-84527-7-0


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