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Fire betta

Betta rutilans Witte & Kottelat, 1991

Status not recordedbony fish

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

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Quick facts about the fire 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 fire betta live?

Not recorded

Is the fire 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 fire betta classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAnabantiformes
  5. familyOsphronemidae
  6. genusBetta
  7. SpeciesBetta rutilans Witte & Kottelat, 1991
Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Reddish dwarf fighterEnglish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the fire 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 fire betta?

The fire betta (Betta rutilans) 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). Fire betta (Betta rutilans). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/fire-betta

MLA

“Fire betta (Betta rutilans).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/fire-betta.

BibTeX
@misc{fire_betta_2026,
  title = {Fire betta (Betta rutilans)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/fire-betta},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}