Betta aurigans

Betta aurigans
Adult with 2 juveniles. The ruler below is measuring in centimeters.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

Betta aurigans is a species of gourami endemic to Indonesian Borneo, specifically 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 golden colouring of the scales of the fish.[3] According to Linke, they live in "blackwater swamp regions."[3] As a species from the B. akarensis cluster of closely related species and from its locality, it has been speculated that Betta akarensis is 5 cm (1.96 in). It is also speculated that Betta aurigans feeds on plankton and small invertebrates. It is a mouthbrooder.[4]

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. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  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. ^ a b c Linke, Horste (2012), "Betta aurigans TAN & LIM, 2004", Labyrinth Fish World, Taiwan: Fish Magazine Taiwan, p. 48, ISBN 978-986-84527-7-0
  4. ^ "Betta aurigans - Aquaportail". Aquaportail.


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