Betta ibanorum

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Iban Fightingfish

| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Low, B.W. |date=2019 |title=Betta ibanorum |volume=2019 |page=e.T91309946A91309964 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T91309946A91309964.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| taxon = Betta ibanorum

| synonyms =

{{Species list|Betta climacura|Vierke, 1988}}

| | authority = H. H. Tan & P. K. L. Ng, 2004{{cite journal|last1=Tan|first1=H. H.|year=2004|author-link1=Tan Heok Hui|last2=Ng|first2=P. K. L.|author-link2=Peter Kee Lin Ng|title=Two new species of freshwater fish (Teleostei: Balitoridae, Osphronemidae) from southern Sarawak|via=H.S. Yong, F.S.P. Ng and E.E.L. Yen (eds.) Sarawak Bau Limestone Biodiversity|journal=The Sarawak Museum Journal|volume=59|issue=80|pages=267–284}}

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Betta ibanorum (commonly known as the Iban fightingfish) is a species of gourami endemic to southern Sarawak in Malaysia. The species name ibanorum was named after the Iban people, the largest group of people in the Sarawak (it means "of the Iban").{{Citation|last = Linke| first = Horste| title = Labyrinth Fish World| publisher = Fish Magazine Taiwan| place = Taiwan| year = 2012| pages=98–100| chapter = Betta ibanorum TAN & NG, 2004 | isbn = 978-986-84527-7-0}} This species is a mouthbrooder, and grows to a length of {{convert|8.1|cm|in}} SL.{{FishBase|genus=Betta|species=ibanorum|id=62207|month=August|year=2019}}

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