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Click me to check out Pugnax - The Forest Betta!
Pugnax - The Forest Betta
(Author: Victoria Parnell)
(Date Submitted: 1/26/2009)
An interesting, easily kept and readily spawned mouthbrooder, the Betta pugnax is an excellent choice for the beginner to wild bettas!

Click me to check out Macrostoma, the Treasure of Brunei!
Macrostoma, the Treasure of Brunei
(Author: Victoria Parnell)
(Date Submitted: 11/30/2008)
From the land of Brunei in the northern part of the island of Borneo comes a truly remarkable wild betta with a unique history.

Click me to check out Betta Akarensis!
Betta Akarensis
(Author: Gerald Griffin)
(Date Submitted: 6/5/2004)
Betta akarensis is close in appearance to a shortened Betta pugnax, the males showing the green iridescence on the operculum...

Click me to check out Betta Albimarginata!
Betta Albimarginata
(Author: Jesper Thorup)
(Date Submitted: 6/5/2004)
There was a time when everyone thought of Betta splendens whenever the talk was about Bettas. This is changing. A growing number of people are now showing interest in some of the other species in the genus Betta.

Click me to check out Betta Balunga!
Betta Balunga
(Author: Jan Rehwinkel)
(Date Submitted: 6/5/2004)
Betta balunga is a mouthbrooding fighting fish and one of the wider circle related to B. pugnax within the narrower circle of the B. akarensis group...

Click me to check out Betta Livida!
Betta Livida
(Author: Andrew Smith)
(Date Submitted: 8/1/2004)
In the summer of 1991, a small, 3 cm, wine-red Betta was collected in the north Selangor area of Malaysia and was duly named, 'livida', after its green eyes, meaning 'jealous'

Click me to check out Betta smaragdina, Part I!
Betta smaragdina, Part I
(Author: Precha Jintasaerewonge)
(Date Submitted: 3/30/2006)
The northeast part of Thailand favors Betta smaragdina, especially the provinces that are connected to the river Khong, at the Thai/Lao border. These breeders preserve the tradition of fish fighting as a joyous after-work activity...

Click me to check out Betta smaragdina, Part II!
Betta smaragdina, Part II
(Author: Precha Jintasaerewonge)
(Date Submitted: 3/30/2006)
The purpose of this article is to present one more strain of Betta smaragdina; call the ''Guitar''. They are living in clean and clear running stream water.

Click me to check out Bettas in Peril:  The Mahachai Situation!
Bettas in Peril: The Mahachai Situation
(Author: Gerald Gardner)
(Date Submitted: 6/23/2005)
Is Mahachai a valid species? Some argue that the Mahachai fighter is a hybrid of splendens and other local wilds like imbellis, or a hybrid of wild splendens and domestic splendens. (Archived article from 2005)

Click me to check out Care and Breeding of Betta falx!
Care and Breeding of Betta falx
(Author: Gerald Griffin)
(Date Submitted: 5/9/2005)
Betta falx is a relatively new mouthbrooding species out of Jambi, Indonesia...

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