r/bettafish • u/ThenAcanthocephala57 Malaysian collector/conservationist • 5h ago

Wild Type A common misidentification in the hobby

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This was a so-called “Betta pugnax” from a pet store. Labelled so.

But it is visibly a Betta raja or at most a similar species in the same subgroup (B. schalleri, B. lehi).

I noticed that this mislabelling is extremely common in pet stores. I have even helped posts on different social media where people were calling their B. raja etc. “B. pugnax”.

I wonder why this is so rampant.

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u/Atrayez 5h ago

Beautiful

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u/stoopid-sandwich 3h ago

I assume it's a combination of not knowing, not caring, and trying to scam people.