BETTA ANABATOIDES (Bleeker, 1851) / Pearly Betta / Giant Betta
Betta Anabatoides is one of the betta fish from B. Anabatoides Complex.
There are currently 73 recognized species in this genus. The currently described Betta species can be grouped into complexes for conservation purposes (This grouping of species makes no claim at representing a phylogenetic reality).
Water Conditions > Temperature: 27–30°C, pH: 4.5–7.5, Hardness: 0–215ppm.
Classification:
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Actinopterygii |
| Order | Anabantiformes |
| Family | Osphronemidae |
| Genus | Betta |
| Species | B. anabatoides |
| Binomial name | Betta anabatoides (Bleeker, 1851) |
Distribution:
Lower Barito basin in South Kalimantan and Kotawaringin, Katingan, Sampit, Mentaya and Kahayan basins in Central Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo.
Reproduction:
Mouthbrooding, also known as oral incubation and buccal incubation, is the care given by some groups of animals to their offspring by holding them in the mouth of the parent for extended periods of time.