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This is a male Yellow Salamander betta fish. He is an over half moon.

A female purple copper female betta fish with a halfmoon tail.

This male betta fish is a perfect halfmoon. He is a plakat and he has an amazing gold color.

This male betta fish is a plakat. His colors are marbled white and red. He is also slightly over halfmoon.

This fish is an overhalf moon black and yellow male betta fish.

This betta fish a black gold devil betta fish. He is a male. His caudal fin spans over 180 degrees making him an over half moon betta fish. The colors on this betta fish are red, gold, and black.

This male betta fish is orange, which is a somewhat rare color for a beta fish. He has a caudal fin, or tail fin, that has over a 180 degree span – which makes this betta a over half moon (OHM).

Here is an awesome Black Melano colored Double tail male betta.

This Giant Betta Fish is a half moon plakat. He is over 2.5 from head to tail. This guy is large. He is a black and white marble male.

Here is a king crowntail black orchid betta fish. He is a male. He is black with a blue/green irredescence color.

Fancy Multi-color crowntail betta fish. He is a male.

This “spotlight” betta is a red crowntail.

This beta fish is a Blue Marble Male. This betta is also a Halfmoon Butterfly. He is blue and White and has a 180 degree fin span.

Here is a yellow, butterfly, halfmoon male betta fish. He also has mustardgas coloration.

A grizzle (GZ) betta has iridescent color over a flat color. All of the fins should display some grizzle patterns to be considered a grizzle betta. Almost nobody uses this term so don’t count on hearing it again. With that said it is still a IBC recognized classification for a patterned betta so I’m going to talk about what makes a good show Grizzle.

If you are breeding for show there are a couple of so-called faults worth mentioning. Red is a big one for grizzle patterned bettas. Excessive red can ruin you, or even get you moved to the multi-colored class. Any butterfly pattern is a major fault also, and will probably get you moved to the butterfly class.

Black coloration is a minor fault and might get you moved to the marble class. Fish with 80% or more pastel or opaque base color will be moved to either the Pastel or Opaque class.

If you are not breeding your betta for show and it displays any of the faults these do not apply to you, some of my favorite bettas would never win a competition.