Betta mahachaiensis

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 mahachaiensis

Name

Betta mahachaiensis Kowasupat, Panijpan, Ruenwongsa & Sriwattanarothai, 2012

Holotype: THNHM F-01630. Paratypes: many at THNHM.

Type locality: Thailand, Samut Sakhon province, Muang district, Tha Sai subdistrict, behind the Pattarachai food factory, 13°34'N, 100°15'E.[1]

Etymology: The species epithet mahachaiensis is derived from its common Thai name for a subdistrict of Samut Sakhon Province, viz. Maha Chai, the first publicised collecting site.

References

Primary references

• Kowasupat, C., Panijpan, B., Ruenwongsa, P. & Sriwattanarothai, N. 2012. Betta mahachaiensis, a new species of bubble-nesting fighting fish (Teleostei: Osphronemidae) from Samut Sakhon Province, Thailand. Zootaxa 3522: 49–60. Preview 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. 
• Kowasupat, C., Panijpan, B.., Laosinchai, P., Ruenwongsa, P., Phongdara, A., Wanna, W., Senapin, S. & Phiwsaiya, K. 2014. Biodiversity of the Betta smaragdina (Teleostei: Perciformes) in the northeast region of Thailand as determined by mitochondrial COI and nuclear ITS1 gene sequences. Meta Gene 2: 83–95. DOI: /10.1016/j.mgene.2013.12.004 Reference page. 

Links

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