WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Betta splendens Regan, 1910

To NHMUK collection (Betta splendens Regan, 1910; LECTOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3132884)

AphiaID

862539 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:862539)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Betta Bleeker, 1850

Original name

Betta splendens Regan, 1910

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Regan, C. T. (1910). The Asiatic fishes of the family Anabantidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1909. (pt 4) (art. 2) (for 9 Nov. 1909): 767-787, Pls. 77-79. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Betta splendens Regan, 1910. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=862539 on 2026-07-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2015-10-20 07:10:13Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Regan, C. T. (1910). The Asiatic fishes of the family Anabantidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1909. (pt 4) (art. 2) (for 9 Nov. 1909): 767-787, Pls. 77-79. [details]

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]