Betta prima

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 prima

Name

Betta prima Kottelat, 1994

• Holotype: ZRC 48653 [ex CMK 10798]
• Paratypes: CMK 9738 (1), CMK 10665 (5), CMK 10691 (6), CMK 10714 (2), CMK 10723 (1); KUMF uncat. (14); MHNG 2158.52 (6); NIFI uncat. (2); ZRC 38250 (6), ZRC 38251 (5)

Type locality: Thailand, Chantaburi Province: creek at about km 1 on road to Nam Tok Phliu, after leaving Chantaburi–Trat highway; 12°32'N 102°11'E

References

Primary references

• Kottelat, M., 1994. Diagnoses of two new species of fighting fishes from Thailand and Cambodia (Teleostei: Belontiidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 5 (no. 4): 297-304.
• Schindler, I. & 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. 
• 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.

Links

• Betta prima Kottelat, 1994 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Betta prima in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on March 19, 2021.
• Betta prima in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024, accessed on March 19, 2021.
• Betta prima – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• IUCN: Betta prima  (Least Concern)
• Betta prima in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on March 19, 2021