Biology:Betta chini
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Short description: Species of fish
| Betta chini | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anabantiformes |
| Family: | Osphronemidae |
| Genus: | Betta |
| Species: | B. chini
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| Binomial name | |
| Betta chini P. K. L. Ng, 1993
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Betta chini is a species of gourami endemic to the island Borneo where it is only known from the Malaysian state of Sabah. It inhabits very shallow waters (less than 0.5 metres (1.6 ft)) of peat swamps. Males of this species can reach a length of 5.1 centimetres (2.0 in) SL while females can reach a length of 5.6 centimetres (2.2 in).[2]
Etymology
The specific name of this fish honours the Malaysian ichthyologist Datuk Chin Phui Kong (1923-ca. 2016).[3]
References
- ↑ Low, B.W. (2019). "Betta chini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T2781A91307844. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T2781A91307844.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2781/91307844. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Betta chini" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
- ↑ "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 15 December 2019.
Wikidata ☰ Q308557 entry
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