Belontia
| Belontia | |
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| Malay combtail (B. hasselti) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anabantiformes |
| Family: | Osphronemidae |
| Subfamily: | Belontiinae Liem, 1963 |
| Genus: | Belontia G. S. Myers, 1923 |
| Type species | |
| Polyacanthus hasselti G. Cuvier, 1831
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Belontia, sometimes referred to combtail gouramies, is a genus of gouramis, the only genus within the subfamily Belontiinae, native to southern Asia.[1] These are medium sized to large gouramies that are seldom kept in aquariums due to their aggression and relative lack of the color common to the gouramies.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Belontia hasselti (G. Cuvier, 1831) (Malay combtail)
- Belontia signata (Günther, 1861) (Ceylonese combtail)
References
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Belontia". FishBase. February 2014 version.
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