Betta raja

Species of fish

Betta raja

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

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

B. raja

Binomial name
Betta raja

H. H. Tan & P. K. L. Ng, 2005

Betta raja is a species of betta endemic to the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. It is an inhabitant of swamps in lowland forests. This species grows to a length of 6.4 centimetres (2.5 in) SL. It is used as bait by local fishermen and has also been found in the aquarium trade.[2] Despite its scientific epithet "raja" meaning "Prince" or "king", this species is not identical to the aquarium breed - the King betta. The derivation of the King betta is not fully known and may or may not involve crossbreeding with B. raja.[3][unreliable source?]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Low, B.W. (2019). "Betta raja". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T91310489A91310496. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T91310489A91310496.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Betta raja" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
3. ^ Juniper Russo (2009): "King Betta" Variety Sold at Petco Archived 2014-03-22 at the Wayback Machine

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q5638026
* Wikispecies: Betta raja
* CoL: LP2J
* EoL: 993368
* FishBase: 63050
* GBIF: 2393985
* iNaturalist: 618879
* IRMNG: 10084341
* IUCN: 91310489
* NCBI: 1384574
* WoRMS: 1384361

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