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Betta Bleeker, 1850
Taxonomic Serial No.: 172610

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):
	Common Name(s):	fighting fishes [English]
		bettas [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2004

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Actinopterygii – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées
	Class	Teleostei
	Superorder	Acanthopterygii
	Order	Perciformes – perch-like fishes
	Suborder	Anabantoidei – labyrinthfishes
	Family	Osphronemidae Bleeker, 1859 – giant gouramis
	Subfamily	Macropodinae Liem, 1963
	Genus	Betta Bleeker, 1850 – fighting fishes, bettas
		Direct Children:
	Species	Betta akarensis Regan, 1910
	Species	Betta albimarginata Kottelat and Ng, 1994
	Species	Betta anabatoides Bleeker, 1851
	Species	Betta balunga Herre, 1940
	Species	Betta bellica Sauvage, 1884 – slim fighting fish
	Species	Betta breviobesus Tan and Kottelat, 1998
	Species	Betta brownorum Witte and Schmidt, 1992
	Species	Betta burdigala Kottelat and Ng, 1994
	Species	Betta channoides Kottelat and Ng, 1994
	Species	Betta chini Ng, 1993
	Species	Betta chloropharynx Kottelat and Ng, 1994
	Species	Betta coccina Vierke, 1979
	Species	Betta dimidiata Roberts, 1989
	Species	Betta edithae Vierke, 1984
	Species	Betta enisae Kottelat, 1995
	Species	Betta falx Tan and Kottelat, 1998
	Species	Betta foerschi Vierke, 1979
	Species	Betta fusca Regan, 1910
	Species	Betta hipposideros Ng and Kottelat, 1994
	Species	Betta imbellis Ladiges, 1975
	Species	Betta livida Ng and Kottelat, 1992
	Species	Betta macrostoma Regan, 1910
	Species	Betta miniopinna Tan and Tan, 1994
	Species	Betta ocellata de Beaufort, 1933
	Species	Betta patoti Weber and de Beaufort, 1922
	Species	Betta persephone Schaller, 1986
	Species	Betta pi Tan, 1998
	Species	Betta picta (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1846) – java fighting fish
	Species	Betta pinguis Tan and Kottelat, 1998
	Species	Betta prima Kottelat, 1994
	Species	Betta pugnax (Cantor, 1849) – penang mouth-brooding fighting fish
	Species	Betta pulchra Tan and Tan, 1996
	Species	Betta renata Tan, 1998
	Species	Betta rubra Perugia, 1893
	Species	Betta rutilans Witte and Kottelat in Kottelat, 1991
	Species	Betta schalleri Kottelat and Ng, 1994
	Species	Betta simorum Tan and Ng, 1996
	Species	Betta simplex Kottelat, 1994
	Species	Betta smaragdina Ladiges, 1972
	Species	Betta spilotogena Ng and Kottelat, 1994
	Species	Betta splendens Regan, 1910 – siamese fighting fish
	Species	Betta strohi Schaller and Kottelat, 1989
	Species	Betta taeniata Regan, 1910 – borneo fighting fish
	Species	Betta tomi Ng and Kottelat, 1994
	Species	Betta tussyae Schaller, 1985
	Species	Betta unimaculatus (Popta, 1905)
	Species	Betta waseri Krummenacher, 1986

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Wayne C. Starnes
	Notes:	Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA
	Reference for:	Betta

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)
	Acquired:	2004
	Notes:	http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/
	Reference for:	Betta

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Betta

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes
	Publication Date:	2003
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
	Page(s):
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:	As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998
	Reference for:	Betta

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Britz, Ralf
	Publication Date:	2001
	Article/Chapter Title:	The genus Betta - monophyly and intrarelationships, with remarks on the subfamilies Macropodinae and Luciocephalinae (Teleostei: Osphronemidae)
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters
	Page(s):	305-318
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:	0936-9902
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Betta

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Eschmeyer, William N., ed.
	Publication Date:	1998
	Article/Chapter Title:	Catalog of Fishes
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3
	Page(s):	2905
	Publisher:	California Academy of Sciences
	Publication Place:	San Francisco, California, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-940228-47-5
	Notes:	Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932
	Reference for:	Betta

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Shiino, Sueo M.
	Publication Date:	1976
	Article/Chapter Title:	List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4
	Page(s):	262
	Publisher:	Shima Marineland
	Publication Place:	Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan
	ISBN/ISSN:	0385-1109
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Betta, fighting fishes [English]

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