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Tail shapes, colours and species

Betta fish types

A betta's name usually stacks three things: its colour pattern, its tail shape and how long its fins are. A Koi Double Tail Plakat is a koi-patterned fish with two tail lobes and short fins. This chart sorts every betta we keep by tail shape, explains what each name means and links each fish to its own page.

The photos show what each variety looks like. Every fish is an individual, so colour and fins vary from fish to fish, and a breeder’s name describes the look rather than proving a pedigree.

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Colour & pattern

Showing 51 of 51 bettas in stock.

Wild Betta species

Other Betta species and wild-type fish. These are species and wild forms, not tail types, and each listing gives the scientific name.

Sold out right now: Crescent Betta · Giant Betta · Howong Betta · Jambi Scarlet Betta · Javan Mouthbrooding Betta · Krabi Mouthbrooding Betta · Mouthbrooding Betta, Penang · Persephone Betta · Red Tail Crescent Betta, Male · Slim Betta / Slender Betta · Smaragd Fighter, Emerald Betta · Toba Betta · Wild Blue Buriram Betta, Male · Wild Yellow Tail Peaceful Betta, Male · Yellow Tail Imbellis Betta, Female

Alien bettas

Sold as crosses between the Siamese fighting fish and wild Betta species. Each listing shows how it is described.

Sold out right now: Blue Alien Betta, Male · Samurai Copper Alien Betta, Female · Samurai Copper Alien Betta, Male

Double tail

Two separate tail lobes, split right down to the base. Double tails usually have a broader body and a bigger dorsal fin than single tails.

Source: International Betta Congress, Exhibition Standards Book 1 (2025); Siamese fighting fish, Wikipedia

Sold out right now: Blue Double Tail Betta, Male · Red Double Tail Betta, Male · White Double Tail Betta, Male

Crowntail

The fin rays reach out past the webbing between them, which gives the fins a spiky, crown-like edge.

Source: International Betta Congress, Exhibition Standards Book 1 (2025)

Sold out right now: Bicolour Crowntail Betta, Male · Blue Crowntail Betta, Male · Red Crowntail Betta, Male · Yellow Crowntail Betta, Male

Big ear (dumbo, elephant ear)

Bred for very large, rounded pectoral fins, the “ears” just behind the gills. Show judges call this form Large Pectoral, and it can come with any tail type.

Source: International Betta Congress, Exhibition Standards Book 1 (2025)

Sold out right now: Bicolour Halfmoon Big Ear Betta, Male · Big Ear Halfmoon Betta, Male · Mixed Big Ears Plakat Betta, Female

Plakat (short fins)

The short-finned form. The name comes from the Thai pla kat, “biting fish”. A halfmoon plakat (HMPK) has short fins with a D-shaped tail.

Source: Siamese fighting fish, Wikipedia; International Betta Congress, Exhibition Standards Book 1 (2025)

Sold out right now: Black Plakat Betta, Male · Black Star Plakat Betta, Male · Dragon Plakat Betta, Male · Fancy Plakat Betta, Male, Mixed Colours · Galaxy Plakat Betta, Female · Male Galaxy Short-Tail Betta · Nemo Plakat Betta, Male · Nemo Short Tail Betta, Male · Platinum Halfmoon Plakat Betta, Male · Snow Dragon Plakat Male Betta · Super Red Halfmoon Plakat Betta, Male · Yellow Halfmoon Plakat Betta, Male

Halfmoon

The tail opens into a full half circle of 180 degrees, so the spread fish looks like a capital D.

Source: International Betta Congress, Exhibition Standards Book 1 (2025)

Sold out right now: Black Orchid Halfmoon Betta, Male · Blue Halfmoon Betta, Female · Blue Halfmoon Betta, Male · Dragon Halfmoon Betta, Female · Green Halfmoon Betta, Male · Halfmoon Platinum Male Betta XL · Mustard Halfmoon Betta, Female · Red Halfmoon Betta, Female · Red Halfmoon Betta, Male · White Halfmoon Betta, Female

Super delta and delta

A broad, triangle-shaped tail that opens wide but stops short of a halfmoon’s half circle. Breeders call the widest ones super deltas.

Source: Siamese fighting fish, Wikipedia

Sold out right now: Blue Super Delta Betta, Female · Butterfly Super Delta Betta, Male · Green Super Delta Betta, Female · Green Super Delta Betta, Male · Mustard Super Delta Betta, Male · Red Super Delta Betta, Female · White Super Delta Betta, Male

Veiltail

A long tail that drapes down like a veil. The veiltail is the classic long-finned betta and one of the oldest ornamental forms.

Source: Siamese fighting fish, Wikipedia

Giant bettas

Bred for a bigger body than ordinary bettas. Show rules give giants larger containers than ordinary bettas.

Source: International Betta Congress, Exhibition Standards Book 1 (2025)

Sold out right now: A Grade Giant Betta, Male · Copper Giant Dragon Betta, Male · Female Giant A Grade Betta · Giant Betta, Male · Giant Koi Betta, Male

Other and mixed tail forms

Mixed colours, rosetails, split tails and other names. Each listing describes the fish on offer.

Sold out right now: Betta Duo, Mixed Colours · Blue Rosetail Betta, Male · Cambodian Longfin Male Betta · Libby Split-Tail Betta, Male & Female Mix · Paradise Betta, Mixed Colours · Red Benjarong Betta, Female · Red Benjarong Betta, Male · Tricolour Rosetail Betta, Male

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