Betta chini
Betta chini is a species of gourami endemic to the island Borneo where it is only known from the Malaysian state of Sabah. It inhabits very shallow waters (less than 0.5 metres (1.6 ft)) of peat swamps. Males of this species can reach a length of 5.1 centimetres (2.0 in) SL while females can reach a length of 5.6 centimetres (2.2 in).[2]
| Betta chini | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anabantiformes |
| Family: | Osphronemidae |
| Genus: | Betta |
| Species: | B. chini |
| Binomial name | |
| Betta chini P. K. L. Ng, 1993 | |
Etymology
The specific name of this fish honours the Malaysian ichthyologist Datuk Chin Phui Kong (1923-ca. 2016).[3]
References
- Low, B.W. (2019). "Betta chini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T2781A91307844. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T2781A91307844.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Betta chini" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
- Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (21 October 2019). "Order ANABANTIFORMES: Families ANABANTIDAE, HELOSTOMATIDAE, OSPHRONEMIDAE, CHANNIDAE, NANDIDAE, BADIDAE, and PRISTOLEPIDIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
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