Betta ferox

Betta ferox

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 ferox

Name

Betta ferox Schindler & Schmidt, 2006

• Holotype: MTD F30355
• Paratypes: MTD F30349-30354 (6)

Type locality: Thailand, Hat Yai, about 30 km south-west of Rattsphun, Bori Pat, at the national street 406, 150 m before the junction into the Bori Pat waterfall park (07º00’05 N, 100º08’55 E).

Etymology: The specific epithet ferox (Latin), meaning wild, bold, courageous, fierce, refers to the behaviour of the 'fighting fish'.

References

Primary references

• Schindler, I. and J. Schmidt, 2006. Review of the mouthbrooding Betta (Teleostei, Osphronemidae) from Thailand, with descriptions of two new species. Zeitschrift für Fischkunde v. 8 (no. 1/2): 47-69.

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 ferox in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024, accessed on November 29, 2020.
• Betta ferox in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on November 29, 2020.
• Betta ferox – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• IUCN: Betta ferox  (Data Deficient)
• Betta ferox in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on November 29, 2020, 2020

Vernacular names

ไทย: ปลากัดแฟร์ร็อค, ปลากัดป่าสตูล