Hey, I used to have betta fish. Have you ever had one?
I have! I loved the ones that I had in my aquarium, because I was specifically looking for a freshwater ray-finned fish,and these were part of the gourami family, so they were very colorful. 
Oh cool. I didn't know they were from the gourami family. I think I remember something about them eating mosquito larva in rice paddies where theyre from.
as "B. picta". The mouthbrooding species are sometimes called "pseudo bettas", and are sometimes speculated to have evolved from the nest-builders in an adaptation to their fast-moving stream habitats.
A phylogenetic study published in 2004 concluded tentatively that bubble-nesting was the ancestral condition in "Betta", and that mouthbrooding has evolved on more than one occasion in the history of the genus. However it was unable to establish a correlation with any of three habitat variables studied: whether a species was found
later called making the film a "terrible experience".
We had it written by one of the typists or secretaries in the office who didn't have any thoughts of becoming a writer. I think Roger did it to punish me, to send me out to The Philippines where I didn't know what I was getting into. I was making an action picture, but The Philippines people were all so depressed, and they had made this goofy-looking fish with bug eyes. I told them that we'll make