Betta spilotogena
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Betta spilotogena is a species of fish
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...

 in the Osphronemidae family. It is endemic to Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

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Betta Spilotogena is a fish species first discovered in Indonesia. This species is classified as critically endangered by the IUCN Red List of Threatened species.

Habitat: These fish are often found in Swamp-like areas. In water heavily covered with vegetation. It lives in relatively shallow water that is only a meter or so in depth.

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