: a theory that deals with the technology of the transmission of information (as through the written word or a computer) between people, people and machines, or machines and machines There is some sense of the impact of telecommunications and computerization (almost all writers have gone on-line with something by now after all), but few of these ...
Deriving the name from their unique tail fin characteristics, male crowntail bettas create a dramatic first impression with their vivid colors and flashy fin extensions. Betta fish originated in the warm waters of Thailand, formerly known as Siam, where they lived in shallow rice paddy puddles. Today's bettas look quite different from their wild ancestors because they have been carefully bred to enhance fin characteristics and scale and fin colors.
All the Betta species are small fishes, but they vary considerably in size, ranging from under 2.5 cm (1 in) total length in B. chanoides to 12.5 cm (5 in) in the Akar betta (B. akarensis). Bettas are anabantoids, which means they can breathe atmospheric air using a unique organ called the labyrinth.he name Betta (or betta) is pronounced /ËbÉtÉ/ ; the first part is the same as the English word bet. By confusion with the name of the Greek letter beta, the name is often pronounced /ËbeÉªtÉ/ in American English, and may be misspelled with one 't'.