Betta aurigans

Betta aurigans
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anabantiformes
Family:	Osphronemidae
Genus:	Betta
Species:	B. aurigans
Binomial name
Betta aurigans H. H. Tan & K. K. P. Lim, 2004 [2]

Betta aurigans is a species of gourami endemic to Indonesian Borneo, specifically the island of Natuna Besar, north-west of the island of Borneo. ^[3] The species name aurigans is so named after the Latin for gold ( aurum ), due to the golden colouring of the scales of the fish. ^[3] According to Linke, they live in "blackwater swamp regions." ^[3] As a species from the B. akarensis cluster of closely related species and from its locality, it has been speculated that Betta akarensis is 5 cm (1.96 in). It is also speculated that Betta aurigans feeds on plankton and small invertebrates. It is a mouthbrooder. ^[4]

References

1. Low, B.W. (2019). "Betta aurigans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T91308928A91308933. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T91308928A91308933.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Tan, H. H.; Ng, P. K. L. "The fighting fishes (Teleostei: Osphronemidae: Genus Betta) of Singapore". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement (13): 43–99.
3. Linke, Horste (2012), "Betta aurigans TAN & LIM, 2004", Labyrinth Fish World, Taiwan: Fish Magazine Taiwan, p. 48, ISBN   978-986-84527-7-0
4. "Betta aurigans - Aquaportail". Aquaportail.