Betta tomi

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 tomi

Name

Betta tomi Ng & Kottelat, 1994

• Holotype: ZRC 35409
• Paratypes: CMK 9753 (6), ZRC 35410 (1), ZRC 35411-35416 (6)

Type locality: Peninsular Malaysia: Johor, tributary of Sungai Mupor, about 15 km on road from Kota Tinggi to Mersing, ca. 1°52'N, 103°56'E, freshwater swamp forest.

Etymology: The species is named after the head of the Department of Zoology, National University of Singapore, Professor "Tom" Lam Toong Jin, who has generously supported the authors' research over the years.

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. 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 tomi – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Betta tomi 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 tomi 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 tomi – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• IUCN: Betta tomi  (Endangered)
• Betta tomi in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on August 27, 2021