Belontia
Belontia | |
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Malay combtail (B. hasselti) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Suborder: | Anabantoidei |
Family: | Osphronemidae |
Subfamily: | Belontiinae Liem, 1963 |
Genus: | Belontia G. S. Myers, 1923 |
Type species | |
Polyacanthus hasselti G. Cuvier, 1831 |
Belontia is a genus of gouramis, the only genus within the subfamily Belontiinae, native to southern Asia.[1]
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Belontia hasselti (G. Cuvier, 1831) (Malay combtail)
- Belontia signata (Günther, 1861) (Ceylonese combtail)
References
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2014). Species of Belontia in FishBase. February 2014 version.
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