Betta pi

Betta pi

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 pi

Name

Betta pi Tan, 1998

Holotype: ZRC 40289
Paratypes: CMK 12030 (3), CMK 13025 (3), ZRC 40290 (2), ZRC 40291 (6), ZRC 40292 (18)

Type locality: Thailand, Narathiwat Province, Mae Nam Tod Deng, about 6 kilometers north of Sungai Kolok, open area in swamps ca. 100–200 metres south before bridge.

Etymology: pi: form a shape that resembles the Greek letter π (pi).

References

Primary references

Tan, H.H., 1998. Description of two new species of the Betta waseri group (Teleostei: Osphronemidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 8 (no. 3): 281-287.

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.
Schindler, I. & J. Schmidt, 2006. Review of the mouthbrooding Betta (Teleostei, Osphronemidae) from Thailand, with descriptions of two new species. Zeitschrift für Fischkunde v. 8 (no. 1/2): 47-69.
Tan, H.H. & Ng, P.K.L. 2005. The fighting fishes (Teleostei: Osphronemidae: genus Betta) of Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. no. 13: 43–99. PDF. Reference page.
Vidthayanon, C., 2002. Peat swamp fishes of Thailand. Office of Environmental Policy and Planning, Bangkok, Thailand.

Links

Betta pi Tan, 1998 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Betta pi in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2022. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Betta pi in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 06/2022.
Betta pi – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
IUCN: Betta pi (Endangered)

Vernacular names

English: Peat swamp fighting fish
ไทย: ปลากัดช้าง, ปลากัดน้ำแดง

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