Betta siamorientalis

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 siamorientalis

Name

Betta siamorientalis Kowasupat, Panijpan, Ruenwongsa & Jeenthong, 2012

Holotype: THNHM – F – 01540. Paratypes (many), all at THNHM.

Type locality: Thailand, Chachoengsao province, Bang Khla district, Tha Thonglang subdistrict, Sai Hai village, 13°42′N, 101°13′E. [1]

Etymology: The name siamorientalis is adopted as an allusion to the type locality of the species. It is derived from Siam, the former name of Thailand, and orientalis, the Latin word for east, the region of the country where the fish is located.

References

Primary references

• Kowasupat, C., Panijpan, B., Ruenwongsa, P. & Jeenthong, T. 2012. Betta siamorientalis, a new species of bubble-nest building fighting fish (Teleostei: Osphronemidae) from eastern Thailand. Vertebrate Zoology 62(3): 387–397.

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. 
• Kowasupat, C., Panijpan, B.., Laosinchai, P., Ruenwongsa, P., Phongdara, A., Wanna, W., Senapin, S. & Phiwsaiya, K. 2014. Biodiversity of the Betta smaragdina (Teleostei: Perciformes) in the northeast region of Thailand as determined by mitochondrial COI and nuclear ITS1 gene sequences. Meta Gene 2: 83–95. DOI: /10.1016/j.mgene.2013.12.004 Reference page. 

Links

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