Betta chini

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 chini

Name

Betta chini Ng, 1993

• Holotype: ZRC 35086
• Paratypes: SBM uncat. (2), ZRC 35087-093 (7), ZRC 35094-95 (2), ZRC 35096-35102 (7)

Type locality: Malaysia: Borneo: Sabah, Beaufort area, peat swamps, along logging trail, ca. 12 km from Beaufort, on road from Kota Kinabalu to Beaufort (5°33'06"N 115°50'23"E)

References

Primary references

• Ng, P.K.L., 1993. On a new species of Betta (Teleostei: Belontiidae) from peat swamps in Sabah, East Malaysia, Borneo. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 4 (no. 4): 289-294.
• Tan, H.H. & Ng, P.K.L., 2005. The fighting fishes (Teleostei: Osphronemidae: genus Betta) of Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. 13: 43–99.

Additional references

• Kamal, N.S.S., Heok H. Tan & Casey K.C. Ng, 2020. Betta nuluhon, a new species of fighting fish from western Sabah, Malaysia (Teleostei: Osphronemidae). Zootaxa 4819(1): 187–194.
• 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 chini – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Betta chini in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on May 28, 2021.
• Betta chini in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024, accessed on May 28, 2021.
• Betta chini – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• IUCN: Betta chini  (Endangered)
• Betta chini in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on May 28, 2021