Betta pardalotos

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 pardalotos

Name

Betta pardalotos Tan, 2009

• Holotype: MZB 10999
• Paratypes: CMK uncat. (2), MZB 11000 (2), ZRC 51837 (5), ZRC 51838 (2), ZRC 51839 (1)

Type locality: Indonesia, Sumatra: South Sumatra Province; Musi drainage; Palembang, Laut Kenten, Sungai Gelam.

Etymology: From the Greek pardalis, of the feline leopard (Panthera pardalis, an inhabitant of the tropical rainforests in Southeast Asia), alluding to the spotted pattern on the opercle.

References

Primary references

• Tan, H.H., 2009. Betta pardalotos, a new species of fighting fish (Teleostei: Osphronemidae) from Sumatra, Indonesia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology v. 57 (no. 2): 501-504.

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 pardalotos in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Betta pardalotos in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Betta pardalotos – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• Betta pardalotos in the World Register of Marine Species
• IUCN: Betta pardalotos  (Critically Endangered)