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Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens)
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Ecological Illustration of Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens)
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Osphronemidae

Siamese fighting fish

Betta splendens

A labyrinth organ breathing through oxygen poor Mekong waters

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • Asia (unspecified)
  • Fusiform
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Siamese fighting fish is a freshwater fish from Asia. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 6.5 cm.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Leaffishes, Snakeheads, and Gouramis
Family
Osphronemidae
Genus
Betta
Water type
Freshwater
Body shape
fusiform
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