Belontia signata

Belontia signata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anabantoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata 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: Belontiinae
Genus: Belontia
Species: Belontia signata

Name

Belontia signata (Günther, 1861)

Synonyms

• Polyacanthus signatus Günther, 1861
• Macropodus signatus (Günther, 1861)

References

Primary references

• Günther, A.C.L.G. 1861. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gobiidae, Discoboli, Pediculati, Blenniidae, Labyrinthici, Mugilidae, Notacanthi. London 3: i–xxv + 1–586 + i–x. BHLReference page. 

Additional references

• Benl, G. and F. Terofal, 1975. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Belontiinae (Pisces, Perciformes, Anabantoidei, Belontiidae). Teil 2. Veröffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München. v. 18: 227-250.
• Pethiyagoda, R., 1991. Freshwater fishes of Sri Lanka. The Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka, Colombo. I-xiii + 1-362.
• Talwar, P.K. & Jhingran, A. G.; 1991: Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. In 2 vols. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co., New Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta. 1-2: i-xvii + 36 unnumbered + 1-1158, 1 pl, 1 map. [V. 1, i-liv + 1-541, 1 map; v. 2, i-xxii + 543-1158, 1 pl.] Reference page. 

Links

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

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Ceylon-Makropode
English: Ceylonese combtail
українська: Цейлонський макропод