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Plakats

Post by Better than Betta on Mon Mar 07, 2011 11:23 pm

Are the plakats the actual Siamese fighting fish?

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Re: Plakats

Post by 143629 on Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:09 pm

maybe this will help
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Re: Plakats

Post by Better than Betta on Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:49 pm

Thanks for that info......so any betta with short fins is classed as a plakat even your Imbellis, Smaragdina etc?

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Re: Plakats

Post by KalandraJane on Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:06 am

Plakat just means 'biting fish' in Thai, so it's a common name. The Imbellis etc. tend to be referred to by the latin names, it's the short-finned form of betta splendens which is called plakat.

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