Betta cracens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anabantoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Anabantaria Ordo: Anabantiformes Subordo: Anabantoidei

Familia: Osphronemidae
Subfamilia: Macropodusinae
Genus: Betta
Species: Betta cracens

Name

Betta cracens Tan & Ng, 2005

• Holotype: MZB 9309
• Paratypes: CMK 14415 (2), ZRC 41717 (6), ZRC 42498 (2)

Type locality: Indonesia: Jambi Province; Sungai Berliung Bata, Bertam, ca. 1 km into turnoff to Permata Biru Indah, 10 km from Jambi towards Palembang after main bus terminus.

Etymology: From the Latin cracens meaning slender, graceful; alluding to the slender body, as compared with the other members of the Betta pugnax group.

References

Primary references

• Tan, H.H. & Ng, P.K.L. 2005. The labyrinth fishes (Teleostei: Anabanatoidei, Channoidei) of Sumatra, Indonesia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. no. 13: 115–138. PDF. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kottelat, M. 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibiography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 27: 1–663. PDF. Reference page. 

Links

• Betta stigmosa in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on October 19, 2020.
• Betta cracens in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024, accessed on October 19, 2020.
• IUCN: Betta stigmosa  (Critically Endangered)