Betta cracens

Betta cracens is a species of gourami endemic to the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. It is an inhabitant of freshwater swamp forest. This species grows to a length of 5.7 cm (2.2 in),[2] typically inhabits blackwaters that have very soft and very acidic water and is a bubble nest brooder.[3] The Latin term cracens means "slender" or "elegant" and is so named because of the fish's slender body.[3] It was first described in 1996 by Heok Hui Tan and Peter K. L. Ng in The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.[4]

Betta cracens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anabantiformes
Family: Osphronemidae
Genus: Betta
Species:
B. cracens
Binomial name
Betta cracens

References

  1. Vidthayanon, C. (2019). "Betta cracens.". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T91309381A91309484. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T91309381A91309484.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Betta cracens" in FishBase. October 2019 version.
  3. Linke, Horste (2012), "Betta cracens TAN & NG, 2005", Labyrinth Fish World, Taiwan: Fish Magazine Taiwan, pp. 69–70, ISBN 978-986-84527-7-0
  4. Tan, H.H.; Ng, P.K.L. (June 1996). "Redescription of Betta bellica SAUVAGE, 1884 (Teleostei: Belontiidae), with description of a new allied species from Sumatra". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 44 (1): 143–155.


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