Betta coccina

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 coccina

Name

Betta coccina Vierke, 1979

  • Holotype: ZMH 6056
  • Paratypes: ZMH 6057 (2)

Type locality: ‘Jambi, central Sumatra’, Java, Indonesia.

Etymology: coccina: from the Latin coccinus, meaning scarlet, in reference to the red body colour.

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.
  • Vierke, J., 1979. Betta coccina nov. spec., ein neuer Kampffisch von Sumatra. Aquarium Aqua Terra v. 13 (no. 121): 288-289.

Additional references

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