Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anabantoidei 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis/Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Anabantaria
Ordo: Anabantiformes
Subordo: Anabantoidei

Familia: Osphronemidae
Subfamilia: Macropodusinae
Genus: Betta
Species: Betta kuehnei

Name

Betta kuehnei Schindler & Schmidt, 2008

Type locality: around 35 km south of Panjang, which presumably refers to the border settlement of Rantau Panjang, Kelantan state, northeastern Peninsular Malaysia.

Etymology: Species is named in appreciation after German aquarist and fish explorer Jens Kühne, who first purchased the catch and sent them out for identification.

References

Ingo Schindler & Jürgen Schmidt, 2008, Bulletin of Fish Biology 10 (1/2): 39–46

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