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Scientific Name Betta schalleri  Kottelat & Ng, 1994
Common Name Schallers Kampffisch (Germany)
Type Locality 5.5 kilometers north of Payung on road to Pangkalpinang, Bangka, Indonesia.
Etymology Betta: Siamese local name of the fish "ikan bettah". 
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Size 45mm or 1.8" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Asia: presently known only from Banka, Indonesia.
IUCN Red List Category 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 74, Figs. 9-11.
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Last Update 2014 Sep 24 13:02 (species record created: 2013 Sep 06 12:18)