Betta splendens, ornamental form
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 splendens

Name

Betta splendens Regan, 1910

  • Lectotype: BMNH 1898.11.8.95.
    • Lectotype designated by Schaller & Kottelat (1989)
  • Paralectotypes (8): BMNH 1897.12.28.36 (1), 1897.1.28.6-8 (now. 2), 1898.11.8.96-97 (2); ZMA 114490 (1).

Type locality: Menam River [= Mae Nam Chao Phraya], Thailand.

Synonyms

  • Micracanthus marchei Sauvage, 1879
  • Betta splendens abbreviata Blanc, 1963

References

Primary references

  • Regan, C.T. 1910. The Asiatic fishes of the family Anabantidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1909(4): 767–787, Pls. 77–79. BHL Reference page. 
  • Schaller, D. & Kottelat, M.; 1989: Betta strohi sp. n., ein neuer Kampffisch aus Südborneo (Osteichthyes: Belontiidae). Die Aquarien und Terrarien-Zeitschrift (DATZ) 43 (1): 31, 33-37. Reference page. 

Additional references

  • Blanc, M., 1963. Catalogue des types d'Anabantidae et d'Ophicephalidae (Poissons téléostéens perciformes) en collection au Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2) v. 35 (no. 1): 70-77. BHL
  • ICZN; 2003: OPINION 2043 (Case 3113). Betta Bleeker, 1850 (Osteichthyes, Perciformes): specific names conserved by the suppression of Micracanthus marchei Sauvage, 1879. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 60 (2): 171–171. Reference page. 
  • 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. 
  • Kowasupat, C., Panijpan, B.., Laosinchai, P., Ruenwongsa, P., Phongdara, A., Wanna, W., Senapin, S. & Phiwsaiya, K. 2014. Biodiversity of the Betta smaragdina (Teleostei: Perciformes) in the northeast region of Thailand as determined by mitochondrial COI and nuclear ITS1 gene sequences. Meta Gene 2: 83–95. DOI: /10.1016/j.mgene.2013.12.004 Reference page. 
  • Roberts, T.R., 1981. Identification of the presumed African freshwater fishes Micracanthus marchei (Belontiidae) and Chonerhinos africanus (Tetraodontidae). Cybium 3e série. Bulletin de la Société Française d'Ichtyologie v. 5 (no. 2): 91-92.
  • 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.
  • Witte, K.-E. & Schmidt, J. 1992. Betta brownorum, a new species of anabantoids (Teleostei: Belontiidae) from northwestern Borneo, with a key to the genus. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 2(4): 305–330. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

বাংলা: সিয়ামিজ লড়াকু মাছ
català: Batallaire
čeština: Bojovnice pestrá
English: Siamese fighting fish, Betta fish
magyar: Sziámi harcoshal
italiano: Pesce combattente
polski: Bojownik wspaniały
русский: Петушок
ไทย: ปลากัด, ปลากัดภาคกลาง, ปลากัดไทย
Türkçe: Beta, Kavgacı siyam balığı
українська: Бійцівська рибка сіамська
中文: 泰國鬥魚
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