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Scientific Name Betta chloropharynx  Kottelat & Ng, 1994
Common Name
Type Locality Kilometer-mark 99.4 south of Pangkalpinang on road to Toboali, 41.4 kilometers south of Koba, Bangka, Indonesia.
Etymology Betta: Siamese local name of the fish "ikan bettah". 
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Size 59mm or 2.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Asia: Banka, Indonesia.
IUCN Red List Category Critically Endangered, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019.
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Breeding Betta species are either bubblenest builders or paternal mouthbrooders. This species, like the majority of its congeners, is a paternal mouthbrooder.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 5 (no. 1), pp 72, Figs. 6-8.
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Last Update 2014 Sep 14 13:24 (species record created: 2013 Sep 06 11:39)