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Giant betta
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anabantiformes
Family: Osphronemidae
Genus: Betta
Species: B. anabatoides
Binomial name
Betta anabatoides
Bleeker, 1851

The giant betta (Betta anabatoides) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the subfamily Macropodusinae, part of the gourami family. It is endemic to South Kalimanatan, Katingan, and Sampit in Indonesian Borneo. It is found in a variety of freshwater habitats and is a paternal mouthbrooder. The species reaches 8.2 cm (3.2 inches) in standard length and is known to be a facultative air-breather.

References

  1. ^ Low, B.W. (2019). "Betta anabatoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T91308732A91308756. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T91308732A91308756.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Betta anabantoides". FishBase. August 2019 version.
Taxon identifiers
Betta anabatoides


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