Penang betta
Betta pugnax
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The Penang betta lives in flowing forest streams of the Malay Peninsula, among bank vegetation, roots and submerged leaves. The male mouthbroods the eggs.
- Scientific name
- Betta pugnax
- Family
- Osphronemidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Osphronemidae
- Order
- Anabantiformes
- Synonyms
- Betta anabatoides, Betta brederi, Betta fusca, Betta macrophthalma, Betta picta, Betta rubra, Betta taeniata, Betta trifasciata, Macropodus pugnax
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 22–28 °C
- pH
- 4–7.5
- General hardness (GH)
- 1–10 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 7 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 72 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 80 cm
Behavior
- Temperament
- Aggressive
- Social life
- Pair
- Swimming level
- Middle
Care
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Mouthbrooder
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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