Pictures of Betta nesting/mouthbrooding wanted!

[dinosauricon]

Hey guys!

I know there are ton of y'all who breed Betta now/in the recent past. Does anyone happen to have pictures of the Bettas nesting/mouthbrooding? I'm starting a mini-project on Betta phylogeny and the evolution of breeding behavior, touching on how mouthbrooding evolved multiple times in an ancestrally bubblenesting clade.

Everyone who submits photos please let me know how you'd like to be acknowledged. Anyone interested in submitting photos can either email them to [email protected] or can PM me directly.

Looking forward to your replies~

Cheers!!

[Shi Xuan]

Hi dinosauricon,

There're a few old threads/posts with photos showing bubblenesting and mouthbrooding Betta but I'm not sure if they are of any relevance to you. Nonetheless, for your ease of access; I've pasted the links below;

http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...3-Betta-uberis (Betta uberis)
http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...y-Betta-babies (Betta persephone)
http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...tta-macrostoma (Betta persephone, macrostoma etc.)
http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...Betta-rutilans (Betta rutilans)
http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...Betta-imbellis (Betta imbellis)
http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...-Betta-edithae (Betta edithae)

These photos are not mine, so I would suggest that you contact the relevant owners for permission to use them in your research project. A pity I couldn't be of any help here because none of my fish are breeding at this time. :\

[biweilow]

This might be helpful: http://taxo4254.wikispaces.com/Betta+pugnax. Part of a school project I did some years back.

You might find figures 10 and 11 useful for your purposes, though you might want to look at the paper by Lukas Ruber et al. (2004) for more details.

[Edwin1987]

Bro i don't have the mouth brooding photos but have the "fries" in a tumbler photo. Day 9 today, 4th day in the tumbler. Casualty - 6, surviving - 3
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