Is this a hybrid wild betta?

**Muhd Hakim** · 1st Oct 2018, 15:36

Got this earlier from the JE lfs. Looks like a hybrid

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**Guppendler** · 1st Oct 2018, 19:44

Look like a normal splendens....

**Muhd Hakim** · 2nd Oct 2018, 10:39

Looks qyite different from this one though, kept by me a few months back

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**Guppendler** · 2nd Oct 2018, 23:20

It’s a wild type betta splendens. The fish shops always labeled it incorrectly as “imbellis”, probably fault from the supplier

**Muhd Hakim** · 3rd Oct 2018, 07:28

A few more pics

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**Muhd Hakim** · 3rd Oct 2018, 10:10

Macro shot

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**Guppendler** · 3rd Oct 2018, 19:04

The body does seem to be slenderer but could be an optical illusion due to the dorsal fin not fully extended. The 2 red vertical opercle bars are indicative of the splendens genes.

**Muhd Hakim** · 3rd Oct 2018, 20:53

Originally Posted by Guppendler

The body does seem to be slenderer but could be an optical illusion due to the dorsal fin not fully extended. The 2 red vertical opercle bars are indicative of the splendens genes.

How about the bluish sheen on the operculum?
Thats what makes it seem like a hybrid to me

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**Guppendler** · 4th Oct 2018, 11:20

Could be but really couldn’t tell for sure unless one performs a DNA sequencing. Overall the splendens traits are more dominant by visual. So what hybrid are you suspecting here?