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Blood betta

Betta livida Ng & Kottelat, 1992

Status not recordedbony fish

The blood betta (Betta livida) is a species in the family Osphronemidae, order Anabantiformes.

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Quick facts about the blood betta

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the blood betta live?

Not recorded

Is the blood betta endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the blood betta classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAnabantiformes
  5. familyOsphronemidae
  6. genusBetta
  7. SpeciesBetta livida Ng & Kottelat, 1992
Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Greeneyed bettaEnglish
  • bojovnice zelenookáCzech
  • Beta-sanguePortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the blood betta

Other species in the same genus Betta.

Blue betta

Betta smaragdina

OsphronemidaeNo free photo yet

Wine betta

Betta burdigala

OsphronemidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the blood betta?

The blood betta (Betta livida) belongs to the family Osphronemidae in the order Anabantiformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Blood betta (Betta livida). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/blood-betta

MLA

“Blood betta (Betta livida).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/blood-betta.

BibTeX
@misc{blood_betta_2026,
  title = {Blood betta (Betta livida)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/blood-betta},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}