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#FishEponym: Phallostethus cuulong, a species of priapusfish described in 2012, and collected from the Mekong Delta in Sóc Trăng & Trà Vinh provinces, southern Vietnam. The Mekong is known as the Cửu Long in Vietnamese.
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📷: Shibukawa et al. (2012)
In parts of Southeast Asia, non-native populations of Betta splendens have been released & become established within the range of other closely related species of Betta, which could result in hybridisation & causing these species to become threatened.
📷: Franks Bettas