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Class: Teleostei
Order: Anabantiformes
Family: Osphronemidae Gouramies
Subfamily: Macropodusinae
Genus: Betta

(See list of species below)


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74 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Betta akarensis Akar betta Asia 14 TL 1910
Betta albimarginata Asia 2.8 SL 1994
Betta anabatoides Giant betta Asia 8.2 SL 1851
Betta antoni Asia 5.0 SL 2006
Betta apollon Asia 5.1 SL 2006
Betta aurigans Asia 2004
Betta balunga Asia 4.9 SL 1940
Betta bellica Slim betta Asia 10 TL 1884
Betta breviobesa Asia 6.5 SL 1998
Betta brownorum Asia 2.6 SL 1992
Betta burdigala Asia 2.5 SL 1994
Betta channoides Asia 2.0 SL 1994
Betta chini Asia 5.6 SL 1993
Betta chloropharynx Asia 5.9 SL 1994
Betta coccina Asia 5.6 TL 1979
Betta compuncta Asia 6.2 SL 2006
Betta cracens Asia 5.7 SL 2005
Betta dennisyongi Asia 3.5 SL 2013
Betta dimidiata Asia 4.6 TL 1989
Betta edithae Asia 8.2 TL 1984
Betta enisae Asia 5.9 SL 1995
Betta falx Asia 3.5 SL 1998
Betta ferox Asia 6.3 SL 2006
Betta foerschi Asia 7 TL 1979
Betta fusca Dusky betta Asia 8.2 TL 1910
Betta gladiator Asia 5.6 SL 2005
Betta hendra Asia 4.2 SL 2013
Betta hipposideros Asia 7.8 SL 1994
Betta ibanorum Asia 8.1 SL 2004
Betta ideii Asia 8.3 SL 2006
Betta imbellis Crescent betta Asia 6 SL 1975
Betta krataios Asia 4.5 SL 2006
Betta kuehnei Asia 8 TL 2008
Betta lehi Asia 6.1 SL 2005
Betta livida Asia 3.6 SL 1992
Betta macrostoma Spotfin betta Asia 6.7 SL 1910
Betta mahachaiensis Asia 4.4 SL 2012
Betta mandor Asia 5.7 SL 2006
Betta midas Asia 6.6 SL 2009
Betta miniopinna Asia 2.4 SL 1994
Betta obscura Asia 6.9 SL 2005
Betta ocellata Asia 8.0 SL 1933
Betta omega Eastern Indian Ocean 8.1 SL 2018
Betta pallida Asia 3.4 SL 2004
Betta pallifina Asia 6.6 SL 2005
Betta pardalotos Asia 7.2 SL 2009
Betta patoti Asia 10.7 TL 1922
Betta persephone Asia 2.6 SL 1986
Betta pi Asia 9 SL 1998
Betta picta Spotted betta Asia 6 TL 1846
Betta pinguis Asia 7.9 SL 1998
Betta prima Asia 5 SL 1994
Betta pugnax Penang betta Asia 6.7 SL 1849
Betta pulchra Asia 5.6 SL 1996
Betta raja Asia 6.4 SL 2005
Betta renata Asia 8.5 SL 1998
Betta rubra Toba betta Asia 5 TL 1893
Betta rutilans Asia 3.5 TL 1991
Betta schalleri Asia 4.5 SL 1994
Betta siamorientalis Asia 3.6 SL 2012
Betta simorum Asia 6.4 SL 1996
Betta simplex Asia 8 TL 1994
Betta smaragdina Blue betta Asia 7 TL 1972
Betta spilotogena Asia 7.0 SL 1994
Betta splendens Siamese fighting fish Asia 6.5 TL 1910
Betta stigmosa Asia 4.1 SL 2005
Betta stiktos Asia 2.8 SL 2005
Betta strohi Asia 7 TL 1989
Betta taeniata Borneo betta Asia 5.5 SL 1910
Betta tomi Asia 7.0 SL 1994
Betta tussyae Asia 3.7 SL 1985
Betta uberis Asia 3.6 SL 2006
Betta unimaculata Howong betta Asia 12.6 TL 1905
Betta waseri Asia 9.8 SL 1986



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cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013