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Combtail

Belontia signata (Günther, 1861)

Status not recordedbony fish

The combtail (Belontia signata) is a species in the family Osphronemidae, order Anabantiformes.

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Quick facts about the combtail

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 combtail live?

Not recorded

Is the combtail 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 combtail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAnabantiformes
  5. familyOsphronemidae
  6. genusBelontia
  7. SpeciesBelontia signata (Günther, 1861)

Synonyms Macropodus signatus, Platycanthus signatus, Polyacanthus signatus

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • Ceylonese combtailEnglish
  • Ceylonese combtail gouramiEnglish
  • Combtail paradisefishEnglish
  • belontie cejlonskáCzech
  • Ceylon-makropodeDanish
  • Belontia-de-barbatana-vermelhaPortuguese
  • Цейлонский макроподRussian
  • තල්කොස්සාSinhala
  • ปลาหมอจำปะศรีลังกาThai
  • Цейлонський макроподUkrainian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the combtail

Other species in the same genus Belontia.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the combtail?

The combtail (Belontia signata) belongs to the family Osphronemidae in the order Anabantiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Combtail (Belontia signata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/combtail

MLA

“Combtail (Belontia signata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/combtail.

BibTeX
@misc{combtail_2026,
  title = {Combtail (Belontia signata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/combtail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}