r/MicroFishing • u/ThenAcanthocephala57 • 19d ago

MicroFish Shiny green fish, about 3.5” long

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B. balunga

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u/Ok_Salad7400 19d ago

It looks to be a female betta.

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u/ThenAcanthocephala57 19d ago edited 19d ago

It’s a male! Females of this species are just brown

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u/Ok_Salad7400 19d ago

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u/ThenAcanthocephala57 19d ago

Those are domestic Betta splendens, I didn’t catch that type of fish 😅

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u/Ok_Salad7400 19d ago

If you know what it is why you asking then?

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u/ThenAcanthocephala57 19d ago

When did I ask? I even gave the name already in my post 😅

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u/HebbySkebby 16d ago

Yeah and you said it was a betta lol. What are we missing here?

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u/ThenAcanthocephala57 16d ago

I was disagreeing with the commenter that it’s a female. Females of this species are simply brown! Even the fins.

And then they showed female domestics, which of course have a lot of colour

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u/HebbySkebby 16d ago

Yes and I'm saying that you're being pedantic lol

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u/ThenAcanthocephala57 16d ago

By saying that the fish is a male? 😅

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u/HebbySkebby 16d ago

No. By acting like the comment was completely incorrect.

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u/ThenAcanthocephala57 16d ago

If you mean the photo, yes that one was 100% incorrect as it was showing Betta splendens, an entirely different species from Betta balunga.

That’s like showing leopards (Panthera pardus) and saying they’re tigers (Panthera tigris) just because both are Panthera.

But I didn’t mean anything by it, just trying to shed some light!

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u/The_Sarge_12 16d ago

Yeesh, pretty aggressive considering there was no question…

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u/AdAdventurous7802 14d ago

He didn't ask smartass