Help Id My Betta

[Ajp]

Yesterday I went to the fish shop to buy a betta and there was a bunch of females that all looked the same. I'd never seen them before and i thought that they where pretty cool so I got one. When I got home I did some research and at first I thought the lines where stress marks. Doing some more research I started to find more species of betta that looked like her, for example the betta picta and the bett falx. But I also found some betta splendeds that looked like her. I came to the conclusion that she was a 'wild type' betta, so she had not been bred to look fancy. Can someone please confirm this, i really want to know now

 

[AquaticHamster]

She does look like a wild to me. The dark stripes make it kind of obvious.

 

[Betta Fishies]

I have two that kinda looks the same...
The one at the back is the same colors than your one

 

[herpchat]

That is a domestic Betta splendens not a wild species.

Looks like it will be a veil tail and I am betting was bought at Petco as a baby Betta

 

[Flute]

+1 On what Herpchat says Pretty wee thing she is too, will look even prettier once she settles in and the stress stripes fade.
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[RichardA]

Yep, as Herpchat pointed out.....female splendens.

 

[thereverendturtle]

You'll find lots of breeders keep the best looking females, and males for that matter, to improve their stock.

 

[Ajp]

Yehh she has coloured up in the body now, It is all a shade of grey. Her fins are really colourful now and she is defiantly a veil tail. She was bought as a female fighting fish from Petbarn in Australia. I don't think they sell baby bettas at pet stores in Australia.

 

[Questions?]

Ajp, i know this is off topic but you have a fighting fish in a 10 gallon with 10 neon tetras, so the fighting fish needs 4 gallons and the 10 neon tetras need about 20gallon, since they are active fish, sorry but your tank it overstocked