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COVER<br />
STORY<br />
The Stunning Beauty of<br />
Siamese Fighting Fish<br />
令 人 惊 叹 的 暹 罗 斗 鱼<br />
All pictures<br />
Visarute Angkatavanich<br />
When the iPhone6 was introduced to the world last year,<br />
many users chose the pictures of a Siamese fighting fish as<br />
wallpaper. The person behind these high-resolution screen<br />
pictures is a Thai photographer named Visarute Angkatavanich.<br />
The 45-year-old photographer’s signature images are<br />
stunning and truly reflect the grace and beauty of the<br />
Siamese fighting fish. The brilliant coloration and long flowing<br />
fins make it one of the most well-known aquarium fish.<br />
Siamese fighting fish, also call Betta Splendens are small<br />
(up to 3 inches long). They are rather plain-colored fish,<br />
native to the Mekong River basin in Thailand (previously<br />
called Siam). The Siamese fighting fish makes its home in<br />
rivers, rice paddies, drainage ditches and the warm flood<br />
plains of the region. The vibrant resiliant fish has quickly<br />
become accustomed to frequent storm flooding and devastating<br />
droughts. The cyclic, drastic changes in its environment<br />
have meant the fish has adapted - becoming a true labyrinth<br />
fish. A labyrinth fish has the unique ability to breathe oxygen<br />
directly from the air and also take in oxygen from its gills. As<br />
a result, Bettas and other labyrinth fish can survive for short<br />
periods of time out of water, and if needed, can inhale the<br />
air around them. This also explains why a Betta can sustain<br />
itself in stagnant oxygen deficient water.<br />
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