Post by burningamber520 on Apr 26, 2009 20:51:15 GMT -5
Different tail types have different amounts of rays. VT's, usually have two, as do CT's (though sometimes they can have more - up to 4 or 8 sometimes). HM's can have up to 8 (and have even been know to have as many as 12 :lookaround:), but usually have 4 or 6 (though a HM with only 4 - 6 rays would most likely be classified as a delta or super delta). PK's generally have two (traditional PK's) and HMPK can again have 4-8. When you look for rays, they always start off at the base of the fin as one big ray, then branch off about 1/4 to halfway down the main ray. It's the branching you want to count. It can be tricky to see sometimes.
Here's a pictures taken off of aquabid to show you what I'm talking about, lol.
I drew in the rays to make it clearer. You can see that this fish has 4 clearly defined rays. You measure your bettas fins by the highest ray-count. So it could have a few rays with 4, and a few with two, but would still be classified as a 4-ray.
Here's a pictures taken off of aquabid to show you what I'm talking about, lol.
I drew in the rays to make it clearer. You can see that this fish has 4 clearly defined rays. You measure your bettas fins by the highest ray-count. So it could have a few rays with 4, and a few with two, but would still be classified as a 4-ray.
