male of female betta?

Question

ok im pretty new to this and after looking at lots of pics and reading about fin type i still cant tell on my new he/she.one of my friends works at petco and i get first picks on new shipment everyweek.well this was in a FEMALE shipping bag but now next to my double butterfly tail male he/she flares and is making a bubblenest.i know its a super delta or halfmoon but is he/she male or female?please someone help

pic located here
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/Housefucker/DSC00024.jpg

Answer 1

I personally think that's a male, but I can't say for sure from that picture.

The fins look bigger than your average female's fins, but I have a female with fins about like that. She's also very brightly colored.

The flaring doesn't really mean much. Many females are fairly aggressive and territorial and will flare just like a male.

But if yours is building bubblenests, it's more likely to be a male. I've never known anyone whose female built one, though I've read that it's possible if rare.

A good way to be more sure is to look for the ovipositor that's the sign of a female. It's a tiny, white tube between the two sets of fins on the underside of her body. It's not an easy way to tell when bettas are young, since males occasionally start out with a white dot that looks like one, and females always start out with very tiny ones. But as they get older, males will definitely lose the white spot and females' ovipositors will get bigger and more obvious. Here are some pictures:

Answer 2

I'd be willing to say you have a "throwback" to the fin type of wild bettas! In the wild, both males and females have short fins. People have bred male bettas for longer, fancier finnage (apparently a dominant trait), but every so often, you get one that's short-finned (recessive trait). These look a lot like females, so even experts can get confused if they're not looking closely. Here's a link for other characteristics to look at (other than fins): http://www.freewebs.com/bettachris/malesvsfemales.htm

photos of different finnages: http://www.vaquariumthailand.com/product/bettas.asp?group=bettas
http://www.bettas-jimsonnier.com/genetics6.htm

Have to say, yours is a beautiful color!

Answer 3

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Answer 4

That looks like a female. Her fins aren't nearly as long as a male's would be.

Check out this site: http://www.healthybetta.com/articles/New%20To%20Bettas/malefemale.html