Male Betta smaragdina guitar variety His body is a deep color of red and above are blue-green scales from his head to his tail

I FINALLY managed to take a good picture of my male wild betta!

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Ding J, Lei W, Haryono H, Shi W, Zhang W (2025) Phylogenetic analysis of 𝐵𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑐𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑎 complex (Teleostei, Osphronemidae) from Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra Island with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys 1238: 161-181. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1238.142857

#NewSpeciesAlert - 𝐵𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑎 𝑖𝑎𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑠 and 𝐵𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑎 𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑦𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑖, two new species of 𝐵𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑎 are described from Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra, Indonesia, both part of the 𝐵𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑐𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑎 complex. #WildBetta #Betta
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Betta macrostoma #wildbetta #betta #blackwaterbiotope #biotope #aquariumhobby

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Betta Imbellis ❤️ one of the wild species.

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