Betta dimidiata

Betta dimidiata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anabantoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Anabantaria Ordo: Anabantiformes Subordo: Anabantoidei

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

Name

Betta dimidiata Roberts, 1989

• Holotype: MZB 3849.
• Paratypes: BMNH 1982.3.29.230-235 (6), CAS 49469 (9), CAS 44470 (3), CAS 49471 (2), CAS 49472 (6), FMNH 94251 (6), MNHN 1982-0718 (5), MZB 3850 (3), MZB 3851 (2), MZB 3852 (1), MZB 3853 (7), MZB 3854 (1), MZB 3855 (1), MZB 3856 (1), MZB 3857 (1), MZB 3858 (1), RMNH 28917 (2), UMMZ 209927 (5), USNM 230336 (7), USNM 230337 (5).

Type locality: Kapuas basin, Sungai Seriang, 37 km west of Putussibau, Indonesia.

Etymology: The name dimidiata (Latin, halved or diminished) refers to the small size of the species.

References

Primary references

• Roberts, T.R., 1989. The freshwater fishes of western Borneo (Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia). Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences No. 14: i-xii + 1-210.
• 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

• Kottelat, M., A.J. Whitten, S.N. Kartikasari & S. Wirjoatmodjo, 1993. Freshwater fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi. Periplus Editions, Hong Kong. i-xxxviii + 1-259, Pls. 1-84.
• Kottelat, M. & E. Widjanarti, 2005. The fishes of Danau Sentarum National Park and the Kapuas Lakes area, Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. no. 13: 139-173.
• Witte, K.-E. & Schmidt, J. 1992. Betta brownorum, a new species of anabantoids (Teleostei: Belontiidae) from northwestern Borneo, with a key to the genus. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 2(4): 305–330. Reference page. 

Links

• Betta dimidiata – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Betta dimidiata in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2026. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on Juny 26, 2020.
• Betta dimidiata in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2026. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024, accessed on Juny 26, 2020.
• Betta dimidiata – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• IUCN: Betta dimidiata  (Vulnerable)
• Betta dimidiata in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on Juny 26, 2020