Hi. I would like to know about the displays of wild male Siamese fighters. Can you tell me the extent to which they can intensify their colouration when they are displaying to males or females. Lots of fish do this but i wondered about wild fighters specifically.
It seems that the pet-shop variety dont do this - perhaps they have been bred so their colour is fixed??
Culum, you may find this 1968 PhD Thesis of interest, see "Colour and Pigmentation" starting on page 14. Apologies if you already have it.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4488&=&context=rtd&=&sei-redir=1&referer=https%253A%252F%252Fscholar.google.com%252Fscholar%253Fhl%253Den%2526as_sdt%253D0%252C5%2526q%253Dcolour%252Bintensification%252Bin%252Bsiamese%252Bfighting%252Bfish#search=%22colour%20intensification%20siamese%20fighting%20fish%22
Cheers,
Tomas
Yes i had read the original description by Smith. I was hoping someone who has recently worked with wild phenotypes might have an answer.
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