Check List 14(6): 1077-1082, doi: 10.15560/14.6.1077
Discovery of wild populations of Betta smaragdina Ladiges, 1972 (Teleostei, Osphronemidae) in a western province of Thailand
expand article infoPrachaya Pammanasut‡, Bhinyo Panijpan§, Saengchan Senapin§|, Pintip Ruenwongsa§, Namkang Sriwattanarothai, Parames Laosinchai, Kornsunee Phiwsaiya§|
‡ Wild Betta Conservation and Development Association, Bangkok, Thailand§ Center of Excellence for Shrimp Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand| National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, National Science and Technology Development Agency, Pathum Thani , Thailand¶ Institute for Innovative Learning, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

Corresponding author: Bhinyo Panijpan ( bhinyop@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Henrique Lazzarotto de Almeida
© 2018 Prachaya Pammanasut, Bhinyo Panijpan, Saengchan Senapin, Pintip Ruenwongsa, Namkang Sriwattanarothai, Parames Laosinchai, Kornsunee Phiwsaiya.
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Citation: Pammanasut P, Panijpan B, Senapin S, Ruenwongsa P, Sriwattanarothai N, Laosinchai P, Phiwsaiya K (2018) Discovery of wild populations of Betta smaragdina Ladiges, 1972 (Teleostei, Osphronemidae) in a western province of Thailand. Check List 14(6): 1077-1082. https://doi.org/10.15560/14.6.1077
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Abstract

The bubble-nesting Betta smaragdina Ladiges, 1972 can be distinguished from the 4 other species of bubble-nesting Betta Bleeker, 1850 by being reportedly confined to Northeastern Thailand. We found large populations of fish in Western Thailand that closely resemble those from the Northeastern Region. The new populations inhabit a variety of places encompassing lakes, marshes, and streams. Morphological studies of Betta fish from the 2 well-separated regions, together with DNA analyses, show that the western and the northeastern populations are the same species.

Keywords
DNA sequences; morphology; Kanchanaburi