Betta aurigans

Betta aurigans is a species of gourami endemic to the island of Natuna Besar, north-west of the island of Borneo[3] The species name aurigans is so named after the Latin for gold (aurum), due to the colouring of the scales of the fish.[3] According to Linke, they live in "blackwater swamp regions"[3]

Betta aurigans

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anabantiformes
Family: Osphronemidae
Genus: Betta
Species:
B. aurigans
Binomial name
Betta aurigans
H. H. Tan & K. K. P. Lim, 2004[2]

References

  1. Low, B.W. (2019). "Betta aurigans.". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T91308928A91308933. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T91308928A91308933.en.
  2. Tan, H. H.; Ng, P. K. L. "The fighting fishes (Teleostei: Osphronemidae: Genus Betta) of Singapore". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement (13): 43–99.
  3. Linke, Horste (2012), "Betta aurigans TAN & LIM, 2004", Labyrinth Fish World, Taiwan: Fish Magazine Taiwan, p. 48, ISBN 978-986-84527-7-0


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