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Current accepted name |
Yes |
Status |
Accepted name |
Status details |
senior synonym, original combination |
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Comment |
From the Latin cracens, meaning slender, graceful, in reference to the slender body, as compared with the other members of the Betta pugnax group. |
Etymology of generic noun |
Malay/Javanese origin. Bleeker (1850, 1858) indicates Ikan Wadder Bettah as the local name of Betta trifasciata Bleeker, 1849 (now Betta picta, Valenciennes, 1846) in the Ambarawa Javanese dialect. Ikan Wader is a common Javanese name for smaller freshwater fishes, especially cyprinids (already used in Old Javanese). See Blust, R. & Trussel, S. Austronesian Comparative Dictionary. Web Edition (https://www.trussel2.com/acd/). |
Link to references |
References using the name as accepted |
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