Betta ferox

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 ferox

Name

Betta ferox Schindler & Schmidt, 2006

Holotype: MTD F30355
Paratypes: MTD F30349-30354 (6)

Type locality: Thailand, Hat Yai, about 30 km south-west of Rattsphun, Bori Pat, at the national street 406, 150 m before the junction into the Bori Pat waterfall park (07º00’05 N, 100º08’55 E).

Etymology: The specific epithet ferox (Latin), meaning wild, bold, courageous, fierce, refers to the behaviour of the 'fighting fish'.

References

Primary references

Schindler, I. and J. Schmidt, 2006. Review of the mouthbrooding Betta (Teleostei, Osphronemidae) from Thailand, with descriptions of two new species. Zeitschrift für Fischkunde v. 8 (no. 1/2): 47-69.

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 ferox in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024, accessed on November 29, 2020.
Betta ferox in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on November 29, 2020.
Betta ferox – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
IUCN: Betta ferox (Data Deficient)
Betta ferox in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on November 29, 2020, 2020

Vernacular names

ไทย: ปลากัดแฟร์ร็อค, ปลากัดป่าสตูล