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The Siamese fighting fish ( Betta splendens ), commonly known as the betta, [2] is a freshwater fish native to Southeast Asia, namely Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. [3] [4] It is one of 76 species of the genus Betta, but the only one eponymously called "betta", owing to its global popularity as a pet; Betta ...
Bubble nests, also called foam nests, are created by some fish and frog species as floating masses of bubbles blown with an oral secretion, saliva bubbles, and occasionally aquatic plants. Fish that build and guard bubble nests are known as aphrophils. [1] Aphrophils include gouramis (including Betta species) and the synbranchid eel Monopterus ...
Betta smaragdina, commonly known as the emerald green betta, blue betta or Mekong fighting fish ( Thai: ปลากัดเขียว or ปลากัดอีสาน) is a species of gourami native to Southeast Asia. The species gets its green and blue colors due to refraction and interference of light that results from hexagonal ...
Parophiocephalus Popta, 1905. Oshimia D. S. Jordan, 1919. Pseudobetta Richter, 1981. Betta / ˈbɛtə / is a large genus of small, active, often colorful, freshwater ray-finned fishes, in the gourami family (Osphronemidae). [1] The best known Betta species is B. splendens, commonly known as the Siamese fighting fish and often kept as an ...
The peaceful betta or crescent betta ( Betta imbellis) is a species of gourami native to Southeast Asia . Betta imbellis has a pair of suprabranchial chambers that each house a labyrinth organ, a complex bony structure lined with thin, highly vascularised respiratory epithelium. The labyrinth organ is a morpho‐physiological adaptation that ...
Arowanas are freshwater bony fish of the subfamily Osteoglossinae, also known as bony tongues [1] (the latter name is now often reserved for Arapaiminae ). [2] In this family of fish, the head is bony and the elongated body is covered by large, heavy scales, with a mosaic pattern of canals. The dorsal and anal fins have soft rays and are long ...
Celery was probably a typical pet store Betta fish. She was blue with pink tinged-fins, not as iridescent or full-finned as some of her plastic tanked neighbors, but healthy looking enough. We set ...
Betta compuncta. Betta compuncta is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Osphronemidae. It reaches 6.2 cm (2.4 inches) in standard length. [2] Betta compuncta is a freshwater fish that occurs in small, slow-flowing streams in swampy areas, although it can also be found in fast-flowing streams. The species is known from East Kalimantan on ...