Betta ibanorum

Short description: Species of fish

Iban Fightingfish

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Anabantiformes
Family:  | Osphronemidae
Genus:  | Betta
Species:  |

B. ibanorum

Binomial name
Betta ibanorum

Synonyms

* Betta climacura Vierke, 1988

Betta ibanorum (commonly known as the Iban Fightingfish) is a species of gourami endemic to southern Sarawak in Malaysia. The species name ibanorum was named after the Iban people, the largest group of people in the Sarawak (it means "of the Iban").[2] This species is a mouthbrooder,[3] and grows to a length of 8.1 centimetres (3.2 in) SL.[4]

## References

1. ↑ Low, B.W. (2019). "Betta ibanorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T91309946A91309964. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T91309946A91309964.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/91309946/91309964. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. ↑ Linke, Horste (2012), "Betta ibanorum TAN & NG, 2004", Labyrinth Fish World, Taiwan: Fish Magazine Taiwan, pp. 98–100, ISBN 978-986-84527-7-0
3. ↑ Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `tan_ng`
4. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Betta ibanorum" in FishBase. August 2019 version.

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