Koi Betta Male Or Female?

MarvinTheBetta
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I just got a new betta fish after my old one (Marvin) died after 2 years. It is a koi plakat that I got from my local pet store. I don’t know how to tell if it is a male or female because of its short fins. Thank you. (PS sorry for the bad lighting it is in a glo fish tank.)
 

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Betta10522
  • #2
If you look in between it's fins on its stomach if there's a white dot it's a female I can't tell from those pics though.
 
FishFor2018
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I can't tell but if its a male but if it is it will have a "beard" like this guy male koi betta - Google Search: if its a girl it will not have a "beard"
that's the easiest way to tell for me

sometimes they are shorter then the one I showed you
 
MarvinTheBetta
  • Thread Starter
  • #4
I can't tell but if its a male but if it is it will have a "beard" like this guy male koi betta - Google Search: if its a girl it will not have a "beard"
that's the easiest way to tell for me

sometimes they are shorter then the one I showed you
It looks like there might be one, but it mainly stays back if it is one. It is also very skinny kind of like two long tubes. I just saw them come down when it stoped. I’m pretty sure it’s male
 
Repolie
  • #5
Can you post a picture of them flaring?
 
Mcasella
  • #6
I can't tell but if its a male but if it is it will have a "beard" like this guy male koi betta - Google Search: if its a girl it will not have a "beard"
that's the easiest way to tell for me

sometimes they are shorter then the one I showed you
Females also have beards. It is a gill extension both sexes have.

This is most likely a male, if the ventral fins are very long (longer than the analfin) and it has no egg spot (white dot just behind the ventral fins, before the analfin) it is male.
 

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