#2375 · 🐟 fish
Siamese Fighting Fish
🇳🇱 Siamese kempvis ·Betta splendens
📍 Bukit Gasing Trail, Bukit Gasing, 59200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
📍 Blk 467 Cp, Singapore
📍 Middle Point NT 0822, Australia
📍 CM34+739, Payo Selincah, Kec. Jambi Tim., Kota Jambi, Jambi 36252, Indonesia
📍 Thailand
📍 Thailand
📍 Thailand
📍 Thailand
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © muangpaisuetrong · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. Bukit Gasing Trail, Bukit Gasing, 59200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia:© Albert Kang · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Blk 467 Cp, Singapore:© florence · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Middle Point NT 0822, Australia:© Rick Shine · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. CM34+739, Payo Selincah, Kec. Jambi Tim., Kota Jambi, Jambi 36252, Indonesia:© Hendra · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Thailand:© kanapol99 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Thailand:© Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Thailand:© muangpaisuetrong · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Thailand:© muangpaisuetrong · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The Siamese fighting fish ( Betta splendens ), also known as the betta , is a popular fish in the aquarium trade. Bettas are a member of the gourami family and are known to be highly territorial. Males in particular are prone to high levels of aggression and will attack each other if housed in the same tank. If there is no means of escape, this will usually result in the death of one or both of the fish....
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 3,733 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Charles Tate Regan in 1910 (116 years ago).
- Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
fact sheet
- English
- Siamese Fighting Fish
- Nederlands
- Siamese kempvis
- scientific name
- Betta splendens
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Anabantiformes
- family
- Osphronemidae
- IUCN Red List
- VU · vulnerable
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 3,733
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1910 by Charles Tate Regan
IUCN in Dutch: kwetsbaar. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 95748, Wikidata Q549, GBIF 2393998, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.