Species Profile
Betta splendens
Fighter fish
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassOsteichthyes
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Betta splendens lives in freshwater.
Can breathe atmospheric air.
Popular aquarium fish.
Size & Structure
01
Bright coloured fins
02
Laterally compressed body
03
Labyrinth organ
04
Long flowing fins
Betta splendens — 3D Model
General Features
- Coelom
- Coelomate
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Deuterostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Present
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- External
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Well developed
- Excretory organ
- Kidneys
- Body temperature
- Poikilothermic, stenohaline
- Circulatory type
- Closed circulation, single
- Development type
- Direct
- Respiratory type
- Branchial and aerial respiration
- Mode of excretion
- Ammonotelism
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Endoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Predator of insects
Freshwater ecosystem role
Controls mosquito larvae
Economic Importance
Aquarium trade
Ornamental fish industry
Research value