Betta stigmosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anabantoidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Anabantaria Ordo: Anabantiformes Subordo: Anabantoidei

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

Name

Betta stigmosa Tan & Ng, 2005

Holotype: ZRC 43392
Paratypes: ZRC 21720 (1), ZRC 41710 (5), ZRC 43393 (7)

Type locality: Malaysia: Terengganu, Sekayu waterfalls (04°57'49.7"N 102°57'14.0"E ), near swampy stream.

Etymology: From the Latin stigmosus, meaning full of marks, pertaining to the patterned opercle and barred pattern on dorsal, caudal and anal fins of both male and female specimens.

References

Primary references

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.

Additional references

Kottelat, M. 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibliography 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 stigmosa in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2026. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024, accessed on October 15, 2020.
Betta stigmosa in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2026. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on October 15, 2020.
Betta stigmosa – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
IUCN: Betta stigmosa (Data Deficient)

Vernacular names

English: Stigmosa betta
ไทย: ปลากัดสติกโมซ่า