Belontia

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Belontia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Suborder: Anabantoidei Family: Osphronemidae Subfamily: Belontiinae Liem, 1963 Genus: Belontia Myers, 1923
Species
B. hasselti B. signata

Belontia is a genus of gourami. It is the only genus within the subfamily Belontiinae. The Belontia genus contains two species, the Malay combtail (Belontia hasselti) and the Ceylonese combtail (Belontia signata).

[edit] References

• Belontia (TSN 172651). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on May 08, 2007.