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Betta aurigans

Betta aurigans is a species of gourami endemic to Indonesian Borneo, specifically the island of Natuna Besar, north-west of the island of Borneo. The species name aurigans is so named after the Latin for gold, due to the golden colouring of the scales of the fish. According to Linke, they live in "blackwater swamp regions." As a species from the B. akarensis cluster of closely related species and from its locality, it has been speculated that Betta akarensis is 5 cm. It is also speculated that Betta aurigans feeds on plankton and small invertebrates. It is a mouthbrooder.

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Betta aurigans
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anabantiformes
Family: Osphronemidae
Genus: Betta
Species:
B. aurigans
Binomial name
Betta aurigans
H. H. Tan & K. K. P. Lim, 20042

Betta aurigans is a species of gourami endemic to Indonesian Borneo, specifically the island of Natuna Besar, north-west of the island of Borneo.3 The species name aurigans is so named after the Latin for gold (aurum), due to the golden colouring of the scales of the fish.3 According to Linke, they live in "blackwater swamp regions."3 As a species from the B. akarensis cluster of closely related species and from its locality, it has been speculated that Betta akarensis is 5 cm (1.96 in). It is also speculated that Betta aurigans feeds on plankton and small invertebrates. It is a mouthbrooder.4

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References

  1. Low, B.W. (2019). "Betta aurigans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T91308928A91308933. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T91308928A91308933.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Tan, H. H.; Ng, P. K. L. "The fighting fishes (Teleostei: Osphronemidae: Genus Betta) of Singapore". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement (13): 43–99.
  3. Linke, Horste (2012), "Betta aurigans TAN & LIM, 2004", Labyrinth Fish World, Taiwan: Fish Magazine Taiwan, p. 48, ISBN 978-986-84527-7-0
  4. "Betta aurigans - Aquaportail". Aquaportail.