How Do You Identify Different Betta Fish?
• Identify gender as follows: • Fins – A male betta fish generally has longer fins. But some kinds of betta fish have short fins, even if it is a boy. Plakats have shorter fins, and resemble wild betta fish the most out of all the other fin types. But if there are male bettas with short fins, then how can you tell the difference? • A female Betta’s ovipostor Features – Besides fin type, there are unique ways to tell a betta’s gender. Female bettas have an ovipostor. The ovipostor is a little white dot on her belly. It really is the “egg spot”, as some people call it. A female betta will also be fat with egg production when she is happy. When she is ready to breed, she will have stripes going up and down on her body. Don’t worry about finding her a male betta, she will not be depressed if she doesn’t get one. If she has stripes going across her body, she is scared. • A flaring male betta fish A male betta’s bubblenest Identify the fish by behavior. Male and female betta fish have differ
