Betta tussyae

Betta tussyae
	Male (top), female (bottom)
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anabantiformes
Family:	Osphronemidae
Genus:	Betta
Species:	B. tussyae
Binomial name
	Betta tussyae; Schaller, 1985

Betta tussyae is a species of gourami endemic to Malaysia where it is only known from Pahang. It is an inhabitant of peat swamps. This species grows to a length of 3.7 centimetres (1.5 in) SL.^[2] The specific name honours Tussy Nagy, the wife of the Austrian aquarist Peter Nagy, because in 1979 this couple were the first fish collectors to import this species into Europe.^[3]

References

^ Low, B.W. (2019). "Betta tussyae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T91310981A91310992. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T91310981A91310992.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Betta tussyae". FishBase. February 2014 version.
^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (21 October 2019). "Order ANABANTIFORMES: Families ANABANTIDAE, HELOSTOMATIDAE, OSPHRONEMIDAE, CHANNIDAE, NANDIDAE, BADIDAE, and PRISTOLEPIDIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 December 2019.

[iucn_status_20_November_2021-1] Low, B.W. (2019). "Betta tussyae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T91310981A91310992. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T91310981A91310992.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Betta tussyae". FishBase. February 2014 version.

[ETYFish-3] Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (21 October 2019). "Order ANABANTIFORMES: Families ANABANTIDAE, HELOSTOMATIDAE, OSPHRONEMIDAE, CHANNIDAE, NANDIDAE, BADIDAE, and PRISTOLEPIDIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 December 2019.

[1]

[2]

[3]