Taxonomy Profile: Betta (Bleeker 1850)

Betta: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
fighting fishes []
bettas []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Betta: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Actinopterygii
ray-finned fishes |
spiny rayed fishes |
poisson épineux |
poissons à nageoires rayonnées |
Class : Teleostei
Superorder : Acanthopterygii
Order : Perciformes
perch-like fishes |
Suborder : Anabantoidei
labyrinthfishes |
Family : Osphronemidae
giant gouramis |
Subfamily : Macropodinae
Genus : Betta
fighting fishes |
bettas |
Betta Direct Children(s):
Betta splendens
(Regan 1910)
Betta coccina
(Vierke 1979)
Betta tussyae
(Schaller 1985)
Betta imbellis
(Ladiges 1975)
Betta pugnax
(Cantor 1849)
Betta smaragdina
(Ladiges 1972)
Betta bellica
(Sauvage 1884)
Betta picta
(Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes 1846)
Betta taeniata
(Regan 1910)
Betta akarensis
(Regan 1910)
Betta albimarginata
(Kottelat and Ng 1994)
Betta anabatoides
(Bleeker 1851)
Betta balunga
(Herre 1940)
Betta breviobesus
(Tan and Kottelat 1998)
Betta brownorum
(Witte and Schmidt 1992)
Betta burdigala
(Kottelat and Ng 1994)
Betta channoides
(Kottelat and Ng 1994)
Betta chini
(Ng 1993)
Betta chloropharynx
(Kottelat and Ng 1994)
Betta dimidiata
(Roberts 1989)
Betta edithae
(Vierke 1984)
Betta enisae
(Kottelat 1995)
Betta falx
(Tan and Kottelat 1998)
Betta foerschi
(Vierke 1979)
Betta fusca
(Regan 1910)
Betta hipposideros
(Ng and Kottelat 1994)
Betta livida
(Ng and Kottelat 1992)
Betta macrostoma
(Regan 1910)
Betta miniopinna
(Tan and Tan 1994)
Betta ocellata
(de Beaufort 1933)
Betta patoti
(Weber and de Beaufort 1922)
Betta persephone
(Schaller 1986)
Betta pi
(Tan 1998)
Betta pinguis
(Tan and Kottelat 1998)
Betta prima
(Kottelat 1994)
Betta pulchra
(Tan and Tan 1996)
Betta renata
(Tan 1998)
Betta rubra
(Perugia 1893)
Betta rutilans
(Witte and Kottelat in Kottelat 1991)
Betta schalleri
(Kottelat and Ng 1994)
Betta simorum
(Tan and Ng 1996)
Betta simplex
(Kottelat 1994)
Betta spilotogena
(Ng and Kottelat 1994)
Betta strohi
(Schaller and Kottelat 1989)
Betta tomi
(Ng and Kottelat 1994)
Betta unimaculatus
(Popta 1905)
Betta waseri
(Krummenacher 1986)
Betta: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Wayne C. Starnes
Notes:
Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA
Reference for:
Betta
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Betta
Source:
Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004
Acquired:
2004-05-13
Notes:
http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/
Reference for:
Betta
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Eschmeyer, William N., ed.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1998-01-01 / 1998-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Catalog of Fishes
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3
Page(s):
2905
Publisher:
California Academy of Sciences
Publication Place:
San Francisco, California, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-940228-47-5/
Notes:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932
Reference for:
Betta
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Shiino, Sueo M.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1976-09-01 / 1976-09-01
Article/Chapter Title:
List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4
Page(s):
262
Publisher:
Shima Marineland
Publication Place:
Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan
ISBN/ISSN:
/0385-1109
Notes:
Reference for:
Betta
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2003-12-31 / 2003-12-31
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Page(s):
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998
Reference for:
Betta
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Britz, Ralf
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2001-12-01 / 2001-12-01
Article/Chapter Title:
The genus Betta - monophyly and intrarelationships, with remarks on the subfamilies Macropodinae and Luciocephalinae (Teleostei: Osphronemidae)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters
Page(s):
305-318
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0936-9902
Notes:
Reference for:
Betta
Betta: Geographic Information
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Betta: Comments