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Photo by Ryan.Champiny
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Field Notes

Description:

siamese fighting fish, bred as a pet for their flamboyant characters and beautiful fins.

Habitat:

Rice paddies of Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia and Vietnam

Notes:

We used these fish in our behavioral biology lab, thy are an interesting species to study.

Reference Links:

Siamese fighting fish

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Ryan.Champiny
we have them in clear observation tanks, basically fishbowls with 2 flat sides, and for our lab we would show them different stimuli and record how they reacted. Some groups looked at stimulus color, sex, audience presence, light color, and size.

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