this is a presentation by a student of mine

1. Siamese fighting fish
(Betta splendens)
Nora Martín-Mora
Nerea Rojo

2. INTRODUCTION
• Vertebrate
• Family of
Osphronemidae
• Red list
(category:
vulnerable).

3. DESCRIPTION
• Any types
of colours
• 3 fins
• 6.5 cm.

4. CURIOSITY
• IPhone 6.

5. REPRODUCTION
• bubble nests
• 10–40 eggs.
• Incubation: 24–36
hours.

6. NUTRITION
• Zooplankton
• Crustaceans
• Larvae of
mosquitoes
• Water-bound
insects
• Captivity:
– flake food:
• shrimp
• Bloodworms
• daphnia

7. HABITAT
• South Asia:
– Thailand
– Cambodia

8. MAJOR THREATS
• Habitat is polluted

9. POSSIBLE CONSERVATION ACTIONS