Betta Halfmoon Dragon Scale main fish category_Saltwater Male bettas will build a

Male bettas will build a "bubble nest" when conditions permit

along the junction of preoperculum and operculum

In captivity both male and female specimens have grown to have a leg span of just over 6 inches (15 cm)

It is generally a low-density species that lives in slow-moving or essentially stagnant waters in areas with plant debris

ponds and slow moving streams

Betta Halfmoon Dragon Scale main fish category_Saltwater Male bettas will build aBettas 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