BETTA CROWNTAIL MUSTARD GAS MAL saltwater group_Pipe Fish/Seahorse and have relatively longer fins

and have relatively longer fins than the females

along the junction of preoperculum and operculum

May winter over outside as long as an open "patch" of the pond does not freeze

Bettas�possess a breathing organ known as the labyrinth

roadside ditches

BETTA CROWNTAIL MUSTARD GAS MAL saltwater group_Pipe Fish/Seahorse and have relatively longer finsBettas originate from Thailand. Wild habitats include? still bodies of water like rice paddies, swamps, roadside ditches, ponds and slow moving streams. Bettas? possess a breathing organ known as the labyrinth, which permits the fish to breathe atmospheric air that they "gulp" from the surface of their habitat. This specialized organ allows them to inhabit oxygen poor environments unsuitable for most fish. Bettas naturally inhabit still water