Betta breviobesa

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: Macropodusinae
Genus: Betta
Species: Betta breviobesus

Name

Betta breviobesa Tan & Kottelat, 1998

• Holotype: MZB 3866
• Paratypes: CMK 6927 (4); MNHN 1982-0719 (3); MZB 3859 (1), MZB 3863 (1), MZB 3864 (3), MZB 3865 (1); RMNH 289118 (4); ZMA 16547 (1), ZRC 40284 (3)

Type locality: Borneo, Indonesia: Kalimantan Barat: stream about 1 km up Sungei Tajan from Tajan, 87 km east of Pontianak; 0°02'S 110°07'E.

Etymology: From the Latins brevis and obesus, alluding to the stocky and thick-set appearance of the body. Used as an adjective.

References

Primary references

• Tan, H.H. & M. Kottelat, 1998. Two new species of Betta (Teleostei: Osphronemidae) from the Kapuas Basin, Kalimantan Barat, Borneo. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology v. 46 (no. 1): 41-51. PDF

Additional references

• Kottelat, M. 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibiography 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 breviobesus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Betta breviobesa in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on September 18, 2020.
• Betta breviobesa in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024, accessed on September 18, 2020.
• Betta breviobesus – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• IUCN: Betta breviobesa  (Vulnerable)
• Betta breviobesa in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on September 18, 2020