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Badis dibruensis, new species from northeastern India. |
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Tuesday, 26 January 2010 19:07 |
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A new species of Badis, Badis dibruensis, has been described by Kh. Geetakumari and W. Vishwanath at the Department of Life Sciences, Manipur University in India.
The species is found in the Dibru River, Dibrugarh, Brahmaputra basin in Assam, India. The species differs from it closest relatives B. badis, B. kanabos and B. tuivaiei by the abscence of dark vertical lines. Badis dibruensis is ca. 4 centimeter SL.
Source: Petfrd.com Ichthyology Journal Club |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 03 March 2010 14:10 |
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New species from Sumatra, Betta pardalotos |
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Friday, 28 August 2009 20:05 |
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Betta Pardalotos, a new betta species from Sumatra has been described by Tan, H.H. (2009)
Tan, H.H. (2009): Betta pardalotos, a new species of fighting fish (Teleostei: Osphronemidae) from Sumatra, Indonesia.
Betta pardalotos Tan, 2009
The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 57 (2): 501–504 |
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 October 2009 19:04 |
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New species described Betta kuehnei, conspecific with Betta sp. Satun |
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Wednesday, 19 August 2009 12:47 |
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Ingo Schindler og Jurgen Scmidt has describet a new species of the genus Betta, Betta kuehnei, from Malaysia. Yhis species is conspecific to the undescribed species from southern Thailand, known as Betta sp. Satun/von Satun.
"Summary: Betta kuehnei sp. n. is described from the Malay Peninsula. The new species belongs to the B. pugnax-group and can be distinguished from the other species by a combination of the following characters: a round caudal fin both in males and females, absence of a second postorbital stripe and a comparatively short second central stripe (joined with central stripe above anterior part of anal fin)."
Ingo Schindler og Jurgen Scmidt 2009 |
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 October 2009 22:02 |
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New species from Borneo, Betta midas |
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Monday, 27 July 2009 00:04 |
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Betta anabatoides has been redescribed based on fresh material from Kalimantan Selatan og Kalimantan Tengah, in Indonesian
Borneo. Betta midas, new species, is described from the lower Kapuas bassin in Vest-Kalimantan.
B. midas differs from B. anabantoides by being slimer and more golden hells.
http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/z02165p068f.pdf |
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 October 2009 19:10 |
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