Betta Sp. palangkaraya
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July 11, 2009 at 11:49 am #300268
oakenParticipantFigured I’d make a topic here and contribute with my pictures of this new and interesting species.
Here’s a male:
And heres a dominant female:
The stripes that are visible on the females body are actually quite visible on the males too, depending on the mode of course. Which is something I find quite interesting. Haven’t really seen that before.
July 11, 2009 at 12:12 pm #314414
MattKeymasterJuly 11, 2009 at 12:18 pm #314416
MattKeymasterHere it is:
July 11, 2009 at 3:02 pm #314417
oakenParticipantQUOTE (Matt @ Jul 11 2009, 02:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Here it is:Hm, so there is an undescribed species from Tangkiling? I always thought that was just a foerschi.
Btw, did you get any wiser on how to tell mandor and foerschi apart yet?
July 12, 2009 at 11:22 am #314420
MattKeymasterWell according to the Linke article it is a separate, undescribed ‘species’ based on the female patterning as above, the shape of the caudal fin in males and body colouration. Stefan also believes this is so but also expressed some reservations about whether this group should be separated at all because they’re all so similar.
According to the article the main differences are:
B. foerschi; caudal fin rounded and unpointed with predominantly blue/green colouration in the body.
B sp. ‘Tangkiling’; caudal fin rounded with a slight point and more red/brown colouration in the body.
B. strohi; extended rays in the upper part of the caudal fin with an iridescent border.
B. mandor; extended central rays in the caudal fin with darker, but less intense, blue/green body colouration.July 13, 2009 at 7:13 am #314424
retro_gkParticipantSaw the thread on petfrd as well. I’m just going to stick my neck out and say the fish in the OP is closer to B. foerschi than anything from the coccina complex.
July 13, 2009 at 1:03 pm #314432
oakenParticipantTwo pictures that shows the fins better. Here you can also see the spots in the fins
July 13, 2009 at 3:16 pm #314435
Mark DuffillParticipantStunning fish Oaken
July 13, 2009 at 8:33 pm #314436
DaspriceyParticipantFantastic photos of beautiful fish!
July 14, 2009 at 1:41 pm #314439
oakenParticipantThanks
July 16, 2009 at 6:37 pm #314445
MattKeymasterNow I can see the spots are blue.
July 16, 2009 at 7:26 pm #314463
oakenParticipantBetta sp. “Sengalang, Palangkaraya” I think. And yeah go ahead and use whatever pictures you want
July 16, 2009 at 7:48 pm #314464
MattKeymasterAwesome, cheers.
July 16, 2009 at 8:13 pm #314465
oakenParticipantYeah
August 20, 2009 at 7:24 am #314776
JitParticipantQUOTE (Matt @ Jul 12 2009, 11:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Well according to the Linke article it is a separate, undescribed ‘species’ based on the female patterning as above, the shape of the caudal fin in males and body colouration. Stefan also believes this is so but also expressed some reservations about whether this group should be separated at all because they’re all so similar.According to the article the main differences are:
B. foerschi; caudal fin rounded and unpointed with predominantly blue/green colouration in the body.
B sp. ‘Tangkiling’; caudal fin rounded with a slight point and more red/brown colouration in the body.
B. strohi; extended rays in the upper part of the caudal fin with an iridescent border.
B. mandor; extended central rays in the caudal fin with darker, but less intense, blue/green body colouration.AuthorPosts
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