Because people don't know their real name. They possibly also have got mixed up between Siamese, Chinese, and Japanese. It seems that in the US of A any of those countries are used in conjunction with 'Fighting fish' Its real name is 'Betta splendens' commonly shortened to 'Betta"
Japanese fighting fish are called 'des combattants' or 'des poissons combattants' in French.
'Japanese fighting fish' 'Chinese fighting fish' 'Siamese fighting fish' and 'Betta' are all names given to the 'Betta splendens'.
Japan
青いベタ /a oi be ta/ would mean 'blue betta/fighting fish' in Japanese.
No. The Siamese Fighting Fish is an artificial hybrid and as such does not exist in nature. The ancestor species that were uses to create the various types of fighting fish, called pla-kad, are native to the rice paddies of Thailand, Malaysia, and Cambodia.
No not really
no. they are tropical fish.
I think the fish you are asking about is the Siamese Fighting fish AKA (Betta splendens). They are tropical fresh water fish.
Hi! feed your fish once a day
they are the same thing
only if your breeding.
non communal they should not be put with other fish