Betta obscura

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 obscura

Name

Betta obscura Tan & Ng, 2005

• Holotype: MZB 9331
• Paratypes: BMNH 1991.9.18:26-28 (3), BMNH 1991.9.18:32-37 (6), BMNH 1996.3.22:43-44 (2),BMNH 1996.3.22:253-260 (9), MZB 6941 (3), MZB 9332 (1), ZRC 41578 (5)

Type locality: Borneo, Kalimantan Tengah: Sungai Barito basin, Desa Kerendan, Sungai Lahei and tributaries.

Etymology: From the Latin adjective obscurus meaning indistinct and inconspicuous, referring to the fish in general.

References

Primary references

• 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.

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 obscura in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on July 12, 2021.
• Betta obscura in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024, accessed on July 12, 2021.
• IUCN: Betta obscura  (Data Deficient)
• Betta obscura in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on July 12, 2021