Betta andrei
Betta andrei Tan, 2023

Family:  Osphronemidae (Gouramies), subfamily: Macropodusinae
Max. size:  5.07 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  Asia: Indonesia.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 1-1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-8; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 29-29; Vertebrae: 33-33. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: black lower jaw, continuous with large black pitcher-shaped mark on throat, ending with a protrusion on buccal membrane; opercle uniform brown with dark brown mottling along posterior margin, operculum without lower distal margin black; faint black transverse bars on the dorsal and caudal fin interradial membranes; dark distal border on anal fin absent; 35 lateral scales; lateral scale 18 below the dorsal-fin origin, lateral scale 6 above the anal-fin origin; predorsal scales 22; postdorsal scales 11 (Ref. 137640).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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