Delta is triangular a.k.a. delta shaped and super delta has a wider angle than delta. I would just classify them as the same thing. They're just different degrees of the same thing. The photo of the double tail doesn't show the double part so well. As the name suggests a double tail has two tails. Double tails also have wider dorsal fins(the fin on top). The dorsal fin is more than twice as wide as normal. There is also more branching of the fin rays. That is to say each of the lines in the fins starts as one line and then splits into two lines and those two each split into two new lines and so on. It's easier to show then describe. If you look at a cellophane betta(the ones with transparent fins) you can see it well. The branching gives the fins their nice full and showy look. A half moon also has more branching in the fin rays than normal and it's tail fin is shpaed like half a circle or a half moon. A perfect halfmoon fin has a 180 degree form.
The pictures above are misleading as they are all of extremely good examples of the varying tailtypes (rather than typical or common examples), also the Delta pictured is a super delta. Keep in mind though that certain stores and even breeders do not clasify all tail types, I myself was lucky enough once to purchase a Double Tail, Super Delta Cambodian for £6 as the seller categarised it as a 'standard' Betta.
Deltas have a tail arch of over 90 degrees upto 120 (I think is generally accepted) 120 - 179 is therefore Super Delta and 180 is halfmoon. Some breeders use a category of Over Halfmoon, if they have developed tails with a greater arch of 180.
Double Tails (DT) have a natural split in their tails resulting in 2 tail lobes (that usually overlap a little), this is a feature rather than tail-type, therefor you can get DT Halfmoons, DT Deltas etc.
I can't tell the difference between delta, super delta, double tail and half-moon.
ReplyDeleteDelta is triangular a.k.a. delta shaped and super delta has a wider angle than delta. I would just classify them as the same thing. They're just different degrees of the same thing. The photo of the double tail doesn't show the double part so well. As the name suggests a double tail has two tails. Double tails also have wider dorsal fins(the fin on top). The dorsal fin is more than twice as wide as normal. There is also more branching of the fin rays. That is to say each of the lines in the fins starts as one line and then splits into two lines and those two each split into two new lines and so on. It's easier to show then describe. If you look at a cellophane betta(the ones with transparent fins) you can see it well. The branching gives the fins their nice full and showy look. A half moon also has more branching in the fin rays than normal and it's tail fin is shpaed like half a circle or a half moon. A perfect halfmoon fin has a 180 degree form.
DeleteThe pictures above are misleading as they are all of extremely good examples of the varying tailtypes (rather than typical or common examples), also the Delta pictured is a super delta. Keep in mind though that certain stores and even breeders do not clasify all tail types, I myself was lucky enough once to purchase a Double Tail, Super Delta Cambodian for £6 as the seller categarised it as a 'standard' Betta.
ReplyDeleteDeltas have a tail arch of over 90 degrees upto 120 (I think is generally accepted) 120 - 179 is therefore Super Delta and 180 is halfmoon. Some breeders use a category of Over Halfmoon, if they have developed tails with a greater arch of 180.
Double Tails (DT) have a natural split in their tails resulting in 2 tail lobes (that usually overlap a little), this is a feature rather than tail-type, therefor you can get DT Halfmoons, DT Deltas etc.