In November 2018, I was checking out the fish while touring the betta shops at Bangkok's Sunday Market, as usual.
These days, the improved varieties are all related to Nemo and are not interesting.
Having said that, there are no new faces appearing in the wild betta relationship.
I couldn't find any notable fish on the so-called Betta Street, where the betta shops that I always check first are crowded.
In cases like this, I try to look at the minor betta shops that are scattered here and there.
This time, I went to a minor betta store where I had previously found a copper guitar.
This betta shop does not use lighting and uses Magic Leaf, so the water is brown in color.
Therefore, you won't be able to see the fish unless you look closely.
Perhaps because of this, many people just pass by, and there aren't always many customers.
However, the fish in the tank are first-class, and the prices aren't as high as you might expect, so it's a hidden gem for me.

When I looked into the dimly lit aquarium, I saw a fish with an unfamiliar color!
When I took off my glasses, approached the tank, and looked in, I realized that it was a fish I had never seen before. However, there is no doubt that it is an Inbelis due to the red color of its anal and caudal fins.
However, its body color is silver or steel blue. This body color is similar to the steel blue of the triple cross hybrid that has been popular in Thailand in recent years.
When I asked about this fish in my poor Thai, I was told that it was not a hybrid but a pure Inveris fish.
It seems that the color variation that emerged from breeding Inveris from southern Thailand was fixed over three generations.

These steel blue Inveris are still young and small in size, but they seem to have a strong fighting spirit, and when I removed the tank partition, they were flaring violently next to each other.
As a solid photographer, if I could see something like that, I couldn't miss it. When I asked if they also had females, I was told that they also sell females.
What went through my mind was the female copper copper guitar I had tried to buy at this store before.
This is because the price was an order of magnitude different from what I had imagined.

When I timidly asked the price of this Steel Blue Inveris, I was told a surprisingly reasonable price. At that price, I would buy 2 pairs without hesitation.
After all, I would like to film scenes of betta fish of the same breed fighting.
The day after I got it, I was able to take a photo of it in its beautiful appearance, which I'm introducing here.

There is one bonus in this column.
Lately, in betta shops in Thailand have been selling Inveris, a breed whose origin is unknown. Usually, I didn't care about fish like this because the origin was unknown. However, the Inverith I saw at a shop this time had a glaring color that caught my eye. I asked if it was a hybrid with Splendens, but she said it was pure Inverith. Judging from the size and body shape, it certainly doesn't seem like a hybrid.
As with Smaragdina, breed individuals tend to have larger fins and more beautiful body color than wild individuals. This Inveris is probably a similar case.
As a result of breeding individuals with beautiful body colors, we have created a fish with a body color so strong that it deserves the name Metal Inbellis. This time, I would like to introduce this Metal Inveris along with the main Citeil Blue Inveris. There have not been many improved varieties of Inveris, but I am looking forward to seeing what kind of improved varieties will appear in the future.