Vertebrate- Fish- Siamese Fighting Fish

Siamese Fighting Fish are an extremely popular breed of fresh water aquarium. These fish usually grow to about 5 centimetres but they are sometimes bigger depending on their species sometimes they grow up to 3 to 5 inches. These fish are well known for their amazing colours and awesome looking fins, just the way they move through the water makes them look so agile and delicate. Siamese fighting fish’s life span varies a lot on their environment and what they eat. Most live for about 2 to 5 years in captivity but mainly 2 to 3 years is how long they live for but if they are fed with anabolics they can live for up to 7 years. A lot of the time when males or females want to make themselves look bigger and more impressive they puff out their gill covers. Siamese fighting fish is carnivorous and they eat small insects such as fly’s, mosquitoes, and some others as well. They also eat worms such as blood worms.