| Main Ref. | Tan, H.H. and P.K.L. Ng, 2006 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | fusiform / normal |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Presence of an orange patch in front of eye continuous to upper jaw when live (pale yellow to white when preserved, character shared with Betta patoti). Large males almost totally jet black or dark brown when preserved. Anal fin with 32-33 rays. Dorsal fin with 8-9 rays. Lateral line with 34 1/2-35 scales. Predorsal scales 25-27. Predorsal length 67.8-69.5% SL (Ref. 57022). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 34 - 35 |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | |
| Scale rows below lateral line | |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 0 - 1 |
| Soft-rays total | 8 - 9 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | more or less truncate |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | 1 - 2 |
| Soft-rays total | 30 - 32 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 14 - 14 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position before origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |