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Teleostei (teleosts) > Anabantiformes (Gouramies, snakeheads) > Osphronemidae (Gouramies) > Macropodusinae
Etymology: Betta: Malay/Javanese origin. Bleeker (1850, 1858) indicates Ikan Wadder Bettah as the local name of Betta trifasciata Bleeker, 1849 (now Betta picta, Valenciennes, 1846) in the Ambarawa Javanese dialect. Ikan Wader is a common Javanese name for smaller freshwater fishes, especially cyprinids (already used in Old Javanese). See Blust, R. & Trussel, S. Austronesian Comparative Dictionary. Web Edition (https://www.trussel2.com/acd/); lehi: Named for Charles M.U. Leh, curator of Zoology at the Sarawak Museum, in recognition of his kind help.
Eponymy: Dr Charles Leh Moi Ung is Curator of Zoology, Sarawak Museum Department and works with the Ministry of Environment and Tourism. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

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Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 6.8 - ?. Tropical

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Asia: restricted to the area southwest of Kuching, Malaysia and in the lower Kapuas basin in Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56613)

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Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 10; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 23 - 27; Vertebrae: 28 - 30. Chin bar absent. Dorsal fin transverse bars present. No Caudal fin transverse bars. Green iridescent scales on opercle and body. Anal fin with iridescent light blue distal border. Two black marks below postorbital stripe on opercle of female and juvenile. Anal-fin rays 25-29 (mode 28). Lateral scales 28-30 (mode 29). Postdorsal scales 10-11 (mode 11). Pelvic fin length 34.8-50.6% SL. Head length 33.4-36.8% SL. Interorbital width 31.7-37.4% HL (Ref. 56613).

Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Found in peat swamp forests and acid water swamp forests. Occurs in quiets parts of streams among overgrown submerged bank vegetation (Ref. 56613).

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Tan, H.H. and P.K.L. Ng, 2005. The fighting fishes (Teleostei: Osphronemidae: Genus Betta) of Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei. Raffles Bull. Zool. Supplement (13):43-99. (Ref. 56613)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Vulnerable (VU) (B1ab(iii)); Date assessed: 17 January 2019

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00377 - 0.02651), b=2.97 (2.74 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Betta lehi Tan & Ng, 2005