Giant betta

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Giant betta
Betta anabatoides.jpg

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anabantiformes
Family: Osphronemidae
Genus: Betta
Species:
B. anabantoides
Binomial name
Betta anabantoides
Bleeker, 1851

The giant betta (Betta anabantoides) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the subfamily Macropodusinae, part of the gourami family.[2] It is endemic to South Kalimanatan, Katingan, and Sampit in Indonesian Borneo. It is found in a variety of freshwater habitats and is a paternal mouthbrooder.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Low, B.W. (2019). "Betta anabatoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T91308732A91308756. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T91308732A91308756.en.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Betta anabantoides" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
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