Betta coccina

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

Betta coccina Vierke, 1979

Holotype: ZMH 6056. Paratypes: ZMH 6057 (2)
Type locality: ‘Jambi, central Sumatra’, Java, Indonesia.
Etymology: coccina: from the Latin "coccinus", meaning 'scarlet', in reference to the red body colour.

Tan, H.H. & Ng, P.K.L. 2005. The fighting fishes (Teleostei: Osphronemidae: genus Betta) of Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. 13: 43–99.
Vierke, J. 1979. Betta coccina nov. spec., ein neuer Kampffisch von Sumatra. Aquarium Aqua Terra v. 13 (no. 121): 288–289.

Kottelat, M., Whitten, A.J., Kartikasari, S.N. & Wirjoatmodjo, S. 1993. Freshwater fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi. Periplus Editions, Hong Kong. i-xxxviii + 1-259, Pls. 1-84.