Betta pulchra

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 pulchra

Name

Betta pulchra Tan & Tan, 1996

• Holotype: ZRC 28860
• Paratypes: ZRC 17368-17370 (3), ZRC 28861-28899 (39), ZRC 29123-29125 (3), ZRC 39252 (5)

Type locality: Malaysia: Johor, Pontian, Kampung Jasa Sepakat.

Etymology: The name is derived from the Latin pulcher meaning handsome, alluding to the beauty of this fish.

References

Primary references

• Tan, H.H. & S.H. Tan, 1996. Redescription of the Malayan fighting fish Betta pugnax (Teleostei: Belontiidae), and description of Betta pulchra, new species from peninsular Malaysia. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology v. 44 (no. 2): 419-434. PDF
• Tan, H.H. & P.K.L. Ng, 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. 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 pulchra – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Betta pulchra in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on September 11, 2020.
• Betta pulchra in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024, accessed on September 11, 2020.
• Betta pulchra – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• IUCN: Betta pulchra  (Data Deficient)
• Betta pulchra in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on September 11, 2020