The fighting-fish is a name given to Betta pugnax, a small bony fish of the Anabasidae family (climbing perch) found in the streams of Thailand, on account of its pugnacious habits. In Thailand these fishes are traditionally kept in glass globes for the purpose of fighting, and an extravagant amount of gambling takes place about the result of the f...
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Any of a southeast Asian genus
Betta of fishes of the gourami family, especially
B. splendens, about 6 cm/2 in long and a popular aquarium fish. It can breathe air, using an accessory breathing organ above the gill, and can live in poorly oxygenated water. Th...
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any of several brightly colored labyrinth fishes of the genus Betta, found in Southeast Asia. Also calledCf. Siamese fighting fish.
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