Betta ibanorum

Species of fish

Iban Fightingfish

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]

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

B. ibanorum

Binomial name
Betta ibanorum

H. H. Tan & P. K. L. Ng, 2004[2]

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").[3] This species is a mouthbrooder,[2] and grows to a length of 8.1 centimetres (3.2 in) SL.[4]

## References[edit]

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. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. ^ a b Tan, H. H.; Ng, P. K. L. (2004). "Two new species of freshwater fish (Teleostei: Balitoridae, Osphronemidae) from southern Sarawak". The Sarawak Museum Journal. 59 (80): 267–284 - via H.S. Yong, F.S.P. Ng and E.E.L. Yen (eds.) Sarawak Bau Limestone Biodiversity.
3. ^ Linke, Horste (2012), "Betta ibanorum TAN & NG, 2004", Labyrinth Fish World, Taiwan: Fish Magazine Taiwan, pp. 98–100, ISBN 978-986-84527-7-0
4. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Betta ibanorum" in FishBase. August 2019 version.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q6431834
* Wikispecies: Betta ibanorum
* CoL: LNZL
* EoL: 221028
* FishBase: 62207
* GBIF: 2393995
* iNaturalist: 618864
* IRMNG: 10141104
* IUCN: 91309946
* NCBI: 1384562
* WoRMS: 1009453

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