Betta rubra Perugia, 1893
Red Sumatran fighter
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1922?
Rediscovered in 2007?
Distribution
Sumatra (northwestern), Indonesia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Perugia, A. (1893). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie 2a v. 13: 241-247. Di alcuni pesci raccolti in Sumatra dal Dott. Elio Modigliani.
Other references:
Schindler, I. and S. van der Voort. (2012). Re-description of Betta rubra Perugia, 1893 (Teleostei: Osphronemidae), an enigmatic fighting fish from Sumatra. Bulletin of Fish Biology 13(1-2): 21-32.
Tan, H. H. (2013). The identity of Betta rubra (Teleostei: Osphronemidae) revisited, with description of a new species from Sumatra, Indonesia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 61(1): 323-330.
http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/61/61rbz323-330.pdf
http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/betta-rubra/
http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/7161/betta-rubra-red-sumatran-fighter