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Information on identification methodology Information on the species concept Betta identification Body color (in males) unknown or not in list Brightly reddish (ochre, orange or red) Dull reddish brown or dark with blue/green iridescent colors Dark (brown) Brown/green background with green iridescent at the scale ends Dark bluish color Yellow/brown color Color pattern on anal fin unknown or not listed broad white margin thin white margin blue margin Reddish yellow margin green margin Color pattern on caudal fin unknown or not listed no margin broad white margin thin white margin Blue or dark margin red margin Color pattern on dorsal fin unknown white margin blue or dark margin Color patterns on body unknown or not listed No markings - uniform colored Bars or indistinct stripes Broad stripes Blue lateral blotch Color patterns on head (near eye) Triangualr dark mark below eye Central stripe (from snout tip through center of the eye) unknown or no stripe Form of caudal fin unknown rounded rhomboid pointed Gill cover color unknown or not listed Iridescent blue/green Color same as body color Two prominent reddish-yellow bars Iris of the eye unknown with iridescent spots, blue or green without iridescent spots Postion of dorsal fin above anterior half of anal fin unknown above posterior half (or in the middle) of anal fin Size of mouth unknown large mouth,upper lip reaching vertical from front margin of the small mouth,upper lip completely in front of eye Total length unknown smaller than or equal to 5 cm larger than 5 cm larger than 10 cm (Please wait for approx. 60 seconds)

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