There are over one hundred Anabantoids that are currently traded in the tropical fish industry. Many are color varieties of the same species within the various genera. This would include about thirty species in the genus Betta, about twenty species of Ctenopoma, several species in the genus Colisa, Macropodus, Anabas, Helostomidae, Pseudomodas and Sandelia and the numerous species of Trichogaster.