''Betta simorum'' is a
species
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of
gourami
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endemic
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to
Indonesia
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. This species grows to a length of
SL. This species can also be found in the
aquarium trade.
The species was named ''simorum'' and uses the Latin
genitive plural
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"of the Sims", named so in honour of
Thomas G. K. Sim
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and his wife Farrah, of Sindo Aquarium in
Jambi
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,
Sumatra.
References
simorum
Fish described in 1996
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