Siamese fighting fish

phylum	Chordata	The Siamese fighting fish also known as betta, is a popular species of freshwater aquarium fish. The name of the genus is derived from ikan bettah, taken from a local dialect of Malay. The wild ancestors of this fish are native to the rice paddies of Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam and are called pla-kad (lit. biting fish) in Thai or trey krem in Khmer. They tend to be rather aggressive. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Anabantoidei
class	Actinopterygii
order	Perciformes
family	Osphronemidae
species	Betta
species	B. splendens

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