Eliza D
Who was the person that renamed the fighting fish, or the betta fish?
Charles Tate Regan
What areas of water can the Betta be found in?
In rices paddies, Stagnant ponds, and slow-moving streams of water.
( remember: endotherms are warm-blooded, ectotherms are cold-blooded)
ectothermic, like many fish
Is the (ectothermic or endothermic) body of a betta fish an advantage or disadvantage?
The body of a betta fish has various advantages
Is a betta fish surfacing to get oxygen healthy or unhealthy?
healthy
Where can the betta fish be found?
in Asia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Vietnam, and Malaysia.
Are betta fish vertebrates or invertebrates?
Vertebrates
How does the betta fish (like many) change its bodily temperature?
If a betta wishes to stay cold, it must remain in cold water. If the fish wants to be warm, it must stay in warm water.
Do betta fish prefer steep waters or deeper waters? (20+ bonus points if you can name why)
Betta fish prefer deeper waters because they obtain better oxygen from there.
Due to betta fish being typically used as pets, it is important that...?
Betta fish have access to oxygen at all times, which is why they have adapted their special organ.
In what year was the betta fish renamed as the fighting fish?
in the 1900s.
What use does the backbone of a betta fish have?
The backbone allows for the fish to balance. steer, move in water, and stop in the water.
What kind of breathers are betta fish?
Faculative
What is the organ that fish use to breath?
Labyrinth organ
With a change in water temperature, what happens to the number of surface breaths of a betta fish?
The number of surface breaths increases
What was the fighting fish named before bring renamed?
The Macropodus pupnax
What job did the founder of the betta fish have?
He was a British Ichthyologist.
The breathing of a betta fish changes with the change in?
A change in water temperature
What is the use of the breathing organ that bettas have? (20+ bonus points if you can name where the organ is located)
The labyrinth organ, located right above a fish's gills, helps a betta fish be able to breath in poorly oxygenated waters and breath oxygen directly from the surface.
The special organ of a betta fish acts like a humans...?
A humans lungs
What family is the betta in?
The Actinopterygii family
The spine of a fish helps increase its..?
speed
Betta fish use this breathing to breath directly from the air
Aerial breathing
The special organ that betta fish have allows for inhaled oxygen to be directly absorbed into a beta fish's? (think of the circulatory system)
The bloodstream
What causes the aggressiveness of a betta fish?
the attempt to stay in one position to obtain direct oxygen