Still no pics of having them examined? Forgot all about this one haha!
The pics are of preserved animals. Likewise!
It's not sure at all that this is Buxar, so be careful when drawing conclusions haha. I'm trying to find out.
Stefan, do some mathematics and you'll come to the conclusion it should be the F4 (max. F5 )!!! By the way, was I reading correctly, YOU have perseph...
Wonderful, so my English friend have generation...?
I think it's coccina. As for the lacking lateral spot; older animals lose the spot and usually trade it for a green flank. I suspect they are from coc...
I, too, believe the two groups are relatively close to one another, however Tan & Ng (2005a/b) speak of the foerschi group being close to the sple...
It's not a new species awaiting description beforehand; rather it's material awaiting examination, which will determine what its status is. Instea...
Ah I get it now. Yeah that makes sense for them to have named it compuncta in the past. I do know that compuncta's type locality is extremely difficul...
I can't find Melak mentioned in the compuncta description Henning?
Stephan, The way to differentiate them is the following : Betta Strohi : Double bare opercle gold for the male and female. Betta Foerschi : Double b...
It's neither. I too have had this or a similar fish labeled 'compuncta' but it was most definitely not. Both mine and those linked here, if not the sa...
Dale, You've hit the nail on the head; that's the problem when, generally speaking and in my opinion, populations of a species taxon are raised to ...
From the original descriptions and published notes by ichthyologists: mandor: Diagnosis. Betta mandor is unique in the Betta foerschi group in h...
The answer will vary, depending on who you'd ask. I strongly suspect they are all populations of the taxon foerschi. However that doesn't asnwer your ...