Biology:Belontia hasselti

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Belontia hasselti
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anabantiformes
Family: Osphronemidae
Genus: Belontia
Species:
B. hasselti
Binomial name
Belontia hasselti
(G. Cuvier, 1831)
Synonyms[2]
  • Polyacanthus hasselti G. Cuvier, 1831

The Malay combtail (Belontia hasselti) is a species of gourami native to southeast Asia where it is found in peat swamps of the Malay Peninsula and the Greater Sunda Islands. This species can reach a length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in) SL. It is a commercially important species and is also found in the aquarium trade.[2] This species was formally described by Georges Cuvier in 1831 with the type locality of Java.[3] The collector of the type was collected in 1820 by the Dutch physician and biologist Johan Coenraad van Hasselt (1797-1823), whom Cuvier honoured in its specific name, with his friend Heinrich Kuhl.[4]

References

  1. Low, B.W. (2019). "Belontia hasselti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T180925A1678711. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T180925A1678711.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/180925/1678711. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Belontia hasselti" in FishBase. AugustAyear=2019 2006 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Polyacanthus hasselti". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?spid=21391. 
  4. "Order ANABANTIFORMES: Families ANABANTIDAE, HELOSTOMATIDAE, OSPHRONEMIDAE, CHANNIDAE, NANDIDAE, BADIDAE, and PRISTOLEPIDIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 21 October 2019. http://www.etyfish.org/anabantiformes/. Retrieved 13 December 2019. 

Wikidata ☰ Q4884548 entry