Betta midas

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 midas

Name

Betta midas Tan, 2009

• Holotype: MZB 3846
• Paratypes: CMK 20838 (2), CMK 16320 (7), MZB 9334 (2), ZRC 43711 (8), ZRC 46190 (12), ZRC 46191 (4), ZRC 51527 (1)

Type locality: West Kalimantan, Kabupaten Pontianak (now Mempawah Regency): small stream draining into Sungai Sepatah, a tributary to Sungai Mandor, 24 km NE of Pontianak (0°07.5’N 109°30’E)

Etymology: An allusion to the Greek Midas, a mythical king whose touch turned everything to gold, arising from the iridescent gold opercle and body scales. Applied as a noun in apposition.

References

Primary references

• Tan, H.H. 2009.Redescription of Betta anabatoides Bleeker, and a new species of Betta from West Kalimantan, Borneo (Teleostei: Osphronemidae). Zootaxa 2165: 59–68. Abstract & excerpt DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189074 ResearchGate 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 midas in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on July 30, 2021.
• Betta midas in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024, accessed on July 30, 2021.
• Betta midas – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• IUCN: Betta midas  (Vulnerable)