Discovery of wild populations of Betta smaragdina Ladiges, 1972 (Teleostei, Osphronemidae) in a western province of Thailand

By

Pammanasut, Prachaya
Panijpan, Bhinyo
Senapin, Saengchan
Ruenwongsa, Pintip
Sriwattanarothai, Namkang
Laosinchai, Parames
Phiwsaiya, Kornsunee

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018-11-16

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

14

Series / Issue

Issue: 6

Pages

1077--1082

Subjects

DNA sequences , Kanchanaburi , Morphology

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/14.6.1077

 

Abstract

The bubble-nesting Betta smaragdina Ladiges, 1972 can be distinguished from the 4 other species of bubble-nesting Betta Bleeker, 1850 by being reportedly confined to Northeastern Thailand. We found large populations of fish in Western Thailand that closely resemble those from the Northeastern Region. The new populations inhabit a variety of places encompassing lakes, marshes, and streams. Morphological studies of Betta fish from the 2 well-separated regions, together with DNA analyses, show that the western and the northeastern populations are the same species.