Betta raja

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 raja

Name

Betta raja Tan & Ng, 2005

• Holotype: MZB 9315
• Paratypes: BMNH uncat. (5), CMK uncat. (9), ZMA 121.823 (5), ZRC 42499 (12), ZRC 42500 (20), ZRC 42501 (10), ZRC 42502 (14)

Type locality: Indonesia: Jambi: Sungai Ayer Merah, feeder stream to Danau Souak Padang ca. 15 mins. by boat upstream (1°36'45.7"S 103°27'00.0"E)

Etymology: From the Malay vernacular Raja, meaning king or prince, also from the Indonesian vernacular for this species - Chupang Raja. A noun in apposition.

References

Primary references

• Tan, H.H. and P.K.L. Ng, 2005. The labyrinth fishes (Teleostei: Anabanatoidei, Channoidei) of Sumatra, Indonesia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. no. 13: 115-138.

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 raja in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on November 09, 2020.
• Betta raja in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024, accessed on November 09, 2020.
• Betta raja – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• IUCN: Betta raja  (Least Concern)