Betta simorum

Betta simorum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anabantoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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 simorum

Name

Betta simorum Tan & Ng, 1996

• Holotype: ZRC 39628

• Paratypes: BMNH 1991.9.18:26-28 (3), BMNH 1991.9.18:32-37 (6), BMNH 1996.3.22:43-44 (2),BMNH 1996.3.22:253-260 (9), MZB 6941 (3), MZB 9332 (1), ZRC 41578 (5)

Type locality: 63 .8 mm SL-maIe, Indonesia, Sumatra, Jambi, swamp in Rantau Panjang, colI. M. KotteIat, 2 Jun.1994.

References

Primary references

• Tan H.H. & Ng P.K.L. 1996 Redescription of Betta bellica Sauvage, 1884 (Teleostei: Belontiidae), with description of a new allied species from Sumatra. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology v. 44 (no. 1): 143-155. PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kottelat, M. and A.J. Whitten, 1996. Freshwater fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi: additions and corrections. Periplus Editions, Hong Kong. 8 p.
• Tan, H.H. & Ng, P.K.L. 2005. The fighting fishes (Teleostei: Osphronemidae: genus Betta) of Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. no. 13: 43–99. PDF. Reference page. 
• Tan, H.H. & Ng, P.K.L. 2005. The labyrinth fishes (Teleostei: Anabanatoidei, Channoidei) of Sumatra, Indonesia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. no. 13: 115–138. PDF. Reference page. 

Links

• Betta simorum – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Betta simorum in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Betta simorum in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Betta simorum in the World Register of Marine Species
• Betta simorum – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).