Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0 - 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 8; Anal spines: 0 - 1; Anal soft rays: 23 - 25; Vertebrae: 29 - 30. Head length 33.2-33.8% SL; anal fin rays 24-25; lateral scales 29; body depth 30.9-31.7% SL; predorsal length 68.5-70.2% SL; preanal length 49.0-50.3% SL; and body length 70.4-70.8% SL (Ref. 56386).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anabantiformes

Family: Osphronemidae

Genus: Betta

Species: Betta fusca Regan, 1910

Climate Zone

Location

• Asia: Sumatra, Indonesia.

Biology

Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Mouth brooder (Ref. 4537).

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Critically Endangered

Threat to Humans

Harmless