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Scientific Name Betta spilotogena  Ng & Kottelat, 1994
Common Name
Type Locality Northern Pulau Bintan, from small stream, Riau Archipelago, Sumatra, Indonesia.
Etymology Betta: Siamese local name of the fish "ikan bettah". 
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Size 70mm or 2.8" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Asia: known only from Pulau Bintan and Pulau Singkep, Indonesia.
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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 The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology v. 42 (no. 3), pp 606, Figs 2D, 3H, 4H, 8.
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Last Update 2014 Sep 24 13:02 (species record created: 2013 Sep 06 12:23)