Betta midas

Species of gourami

Betta midas

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]

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

B. midas

Binomial name
Betta midas

Tan, 2009

Betta midas[2] is a species of gourami in the genus Betta. It is native to Asia, specifically the island of Borneo, where it occurs in the Kapuas River basin in West Kalimantan in Indonesia, as well as western Sarawak in Malaysia. It is typically found in acidic blackwater rivers in remnant and intact peat swamp forests. The species reaches 6.6 cm (2.6 inches) in standard length and is known to be a facultative air-breather.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Betta midas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
2. ^ "Betta midas Tan, 2009, new species - Plazi TreatmentBank". treatment.plazi.org. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2023). "Betta midas". FishBase.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q6431973
* Wikispecies: Betta midas
* CoL: LNZY
* FishBase: 65034
* GBIF: 2394029
* iNaturalist: 618870
* IUCN: 91310127
* NCBI: 1384569
* WoRMS: 1384526

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