Betta ibanorum
| Iban Fightingfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anabantiformes |
| Family: | Osphronemidae |
| Genus: | Betta |
| Species: | B. ibanorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Betta ibanorum H. H. Tan & P. K. L. Ng, 2004[2]
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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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Linke, Horste (2012), "Betta ibanorum TAN & NG, 2004", Labyrinth Fish World, Taiwan: Fish Magazine Taiwan, pp. 98–100, ISBN 978-986-84527-7-0
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Betta ibanorum" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
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