Betta tussyae

Betta tussyae

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 tussyae

Name

Betta tussyae Schaller, 1985

• Holotype: ZRC 38451 (ex ZSM 27336)
• Paratypes: ZFMK 14195 (1), 14224-14225 (2)

Type Locality: Malaysia, State of Pahang, 17 km south of Pekan, approximately 77 km south of Kuantan, along the road running parallel to the eastern coast, about one kilometer inland.

References

Primary references

• Schaller, D., 1985. Betta tussyae spec. nov., ein neuer Kampffisch aus Malaysia (vorläufige Mitteilung). Die Aquarien- und Terrarienzeitschrift (DATZ) v. 38 (no. 8): 348-350. Online:
• 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

• Herder, F., Huylebrouck, J. & Busse, K. 2010. Catalogue of type specimens of fishes in the Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 59(1): 109–136. Full article (PDF) BHLReference page. 
• Neumann, D. 2011. Type catalogue of the ichthyological collection of the Zoologische Staatssammlung München. Part II. Fish types inventoried after 25 April 1944. Spixiana (München) 34(2): 231–286. (PDF) Reference page. 
• Paepke, H.-J., 1994. Kritischer Katalog der Typen der Fischsammlung des Zoologischen Museums Berlin. Teil 6: Anabantoidei. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin v. 70 (no. 2): 311-319.
• Schaller, D. & M. Kottelat, 1989:31. Betta strohi sp. n., ein neuer Kampffisch aus Südborneo (Osteichthyes: Belontiidae). Die Aquarien- und Terrarienzeitschrift (DATZ) v. 43 (no. 1) [Jan. 1990]: 31, 33-37.

Links

• Betta tussyae – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

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