Belontia
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Belontia | |
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Malay combtail (B. hasselti) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anabantiformes |
Family: | Osphronemidae |
Subfamily: | Belontiinae Liem, 1963 |
Genus: | Belontia G. S. Myers, 1923 |
Type species | |
Polyacanthus hasselti G. Cuvier, 1831[1]
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Belontia, sometimes referred to combtail gouramies, is a genus of gouramis, the only genus within the subfamily Belontiinae, native to freshwater habitats in Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka.[2] These are medium sized to large gouramies that are seldom kept in aquariums due to their aggression and relative lack of the color common to the gouramies.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Belontia hasselti (G. Cuvier, 1831) (Malay combtail)
- Belontia signata (Günther, 1861) (Ceylonese combtail)
References
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Belontia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Belontia in FishBase. February 2014 version.
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