Betta hipposideros

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 hipposideros

Name

Betta hipposideros Ng & Kottelat, 1994

• Holotype: ZRC 18688
• Paratypes: CMK 10037 (16), CMK 10038 (10), ZRC 15351 (1), ZRC 15352 (1), ZRC 15353 (1), ZRC 15354-15355 (2), ZRC 15356-15357 (2), ZRC 15358-15361 (4), ZRC 17097 (1), ZRC 18029-18034 (6), ZRC 18689-18705 (17), ZRC 27761 (1), ZRC 28515-28517 (3), ZRC 28550 (1)

Type locality: Peninsular Malaysia: Selangor, north Selangor peat swamp forest, 39 km stone, on road from Sungai Besar to Tanjong Malim.

Etymology: The name is derived from the Latin for horseshoe, alluding to the distinctive throat markings of the species. It is used as a noun in apposition.

References

Primary references

• Ng, P.K.L. and M. Kottelat, 1994. Revision of the Betta waseri species group (Teleostei: Belontiidae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology v. 42 (no. 3): 593-611.
• Tan, H.H. & Ng, P.K.L. 2005. The fighting fishes (Teleostei: Osphronemidae: genus Betta) of Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. no. 13: 43–99. PDF. Reference page. 

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. 
• Tan, H.H. & Ng, P.K.L. 2005. The labyrinth fishes (Teleostei: Anabanatoidei, Channoidei) of Sumatra, Indonesia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. no. 13: 115–138. PDF. Reference page. 

Links

• Betta hipposideros – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Betta hipposideros in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on August 27.
• Betta hipposideros in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024, accessed on August 27, 2021.
• Betta hipposideros – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• IUCN: Betta hipposideros  (Endangered)
• Betta hipposideros in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on August 27, 2021