Description

Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 29 - 30.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anabantiformes

Family: Osphronemidae

Genus: Betta

Species: Betta waseri Krummenacher, 1986

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Inhabits well shaded peat forest blackwater streams with dense leaf litter beds, mud substrates and dense growths of roots. Also Ref. 84801.

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Endangered

Threat to Humans

Harmless