Betta balunga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anabantiformes
Family: Osphronemidae
Genus: Betta
Species:
B. balunga
Binomial name
Betta balunga
Herre, 1940[2]

Betta balunga is a species of gourami endemic to the island of Borneo, and whose species name derives from the location where it was first described - the Balung River in Sabah, eastern Malaysia.[3] It inhabits forest and blackwater streams, and grows to a length of 4.9 cm (1.9 in).[4]

References

  1. Low, B.W. (2019). "Betta balunga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T91308948A91308973. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T91308948A91308973.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Herre, A.W.C.T. (1940). "Additions to the fish fauna of Malaysia and notes on rare or little known Malayan and Bornean fishes". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 16: 27–36.
  3. Linke, Horste (2012), "Betta balunga HERRE, 1940", Labyrinth Fish World, Taiwan: Fish Magazine Taiwan, p. 49, ISBN 978-986-84527-7-0
  4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Betta balunga" in FishBase. February 2014 version.


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