Redescription of the Malayan fighting fish Betta pugnax (Teleostei: Belontiidae), and description of Betta pulchra, new species from Peninsular Malaysia

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 419-434

  Tan, H T ^a   Tan, S H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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