White Betta- male or female?

[ShadowBass]

I'm pretty positive that's a female, even with the blurry picture. It appears to have very short ventral fins, and generally even shortfinned males have longer ones. Your also has a short and rounded anal fin, which usually indicates a female.
To tell for sure you can try and find the ovipositor like midnight mentioned.

Size and shape can be a factor too, but I once had a female that was much larger than both my males and not fat in the front like my other females, yet it was most definately a female by all other factors, so I don't think that's a good indicator.

This site has a good demonstration on sexing bettas:

http://www.freewebs.com/ontariobetta/bettainfo.htm

 

[Red Devil]

I'm pretty positive that's a female, even with the blurry picture. It appears to have very short ventral fins, and generally even shortfinned males have longer ones. Your also has a short and rounded anal fin, which usually indicates a female.
To tell for sure you can try and find the ovipositor like midnight mentioned.

Size and shape can be a factor too, but I once had a female that was much larger than both my males and not fat in the front like my other females, yet it was most definately a female by all other factors, so I don't think that's a good indicator.

This site has a good demonstration on sexing bettas:

http://www.freewebs.com/ontariobetta/bettainfo.htm

Thank you for that sight and i will take a couple of better pics later..i appreciate your reply..i quess i have a female..

 

[Mystix212]

Most short fin males have a 'crown' look to thier tails. Im saying this is a 96% female.

 

[Red Devil]

Most short fin males have a 'crown' look to thier tails. Im saying this is a 96% female.

well i definitly go by what all of you said.. the guy who sells them in the LFS what does he know??

 

[dcsanchez1]

might be a young half moon plakat male... but it's small like a fm.

 

[Red Devil]

might be a young half moon plakat male... but it's small like a fm.

i did not see any egg spot..could it be too young?

 

[benzjamin13]

It looks like a female to me, but if it doesn't have an egg spot...how long are it's pelvic fins? If it's long, then it's a male. If it's short, then it's a female.

 

[rallysman]

I'm not a betta expert but I do know that it's beautiful. I've never seen one like it!

 

[ShadowBass]

i did not see any egg spot..could it be too young?

It's not necessarily showing on females at all times.

Your fish could be a young male. How long are the pelvic fins? They looked short to me in the pic, but maybe they just weren't completely visible. Like benzjamin said, if they're long it's probably a male.

What about the gills? Will it flare up, are they big?

 

[Fish on Fire]

It's a nice betta . . . but don't rule out the possibility of it being male just yet. It can very likely be a plakat male. And females always have the white egg spot sticking out, I have never had a female that didn't have it and I've bred bettas for a very long time. (Well, from age 10-16 at least, lol). If you don't know what a plakat male looks like (or more commonly, round/short-tail betta), here are a few:

And you should be able to find more on the web. But Get a side shot of it, not an angled one. Then I could probably tell for sure.