Betta splendens

Betta splendens, ornamental form

Taxonavigation: Anabantoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis/Superclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Infraclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohort: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohort: Clupeocephala Cohort: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohort: Neoteleostei Infracohort: Eurypterygia Section: Ctenosquamata Subsection: Acanthomorphata Division: Euacanthomorphacea Subdivision: Percomorphaceae Series: Anabantaria Ordo: Anabantiformes Subordo: Anabantoidei

Familia: Osphronemidae
Subfamilia: Macropodusinae
Genus: Betta
Species: Betta splendens

Name

Betta splendens Regan, 1910

• Lectotype: BMNH 1898.11.8.95.
  • Lectotype designated by Schaller & Kottelat (1989)
• Paralectotypes (8): BMNH 1897.12.28.36 (1), 1897.1.28.6-8 (now. 2), 1898.11.8.96-97 (2); ZMA 114490 (1).

Type locality: Menam River [= Mae Nam Chao Phraya], Thailand.

Synonyms

• Micracanthus marchei Sauvage, 1879
• Betta splendens abbreviata Blanc, 1963

References

• 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 
• ICZN; 2003: OPINION 2043 (Case 3113). Betta Bleeker, 1850 (Osteichthyes, Perciformes): specific names conserved by the suppression of Micracanthus marchei Sauvage, 1879. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 60 (2): 171-171. reference page 
• Regan, C. T.; 1910: The Asiatic fishes of the family Anabantidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1909 (4): 767-787, Pls. 77-79.
• Schaller, D. & Kottelat, M.; 1989: Betta strohi sp. n., ein neuer Kampffisch aus Südborneo (Osteichthyes: Belontiidae). Die Aquarien und Terrarien-Zeitschrift (DATZ), 43 (1): 31, 33-37. reference page 

Links

• Betta splendens in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2016. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 10/2015.

Vernacular names

català: Batallaire
čeština: Bojovnice pestrá
English: Siamese fighting fish, Betta fish
русский: Петушок
ไทย: ปลากัด, ปลากัดภาคกลาง, ปลากัดไทย
Türkçe: Beta, Kavgacı siyam balığı
中文: 泰國鬥魚

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