1.0 INTRODUCTION Aggression is a complex phenomenom which can be defined in many ways.

It involves actual or potential harm to other animals where it can be either predatory or antipredatory aggression where the animal kill and ate their prey from other species or prey that try to defend itself from its predator and intraspecific aggression, in which the animal attack member of their own species(Barnard et al., 2004). Intraspecific aggression is widespread among animals and it is easily observed in fish like Beta splendens which has very high degree aggression towards their own species (Lynn et al., 2007). Other explanation from psychologists view, Moyer in 1976 include aggression in animals as behaviour that appears to be intended to cause harmful stimulation or destruction on other organisms. A more precise definition is Agonistic behaviour which is a system of behaviour patterns with common functions of adjustment to situations to conflict among conspecifics. Agonistic behaviour in animals includes threats, submission, contest,

attack, chases and physical combat but exclude predatory aggression. Other examples can be included in aggression are territorial, dominance, sexual, parental, parentoffspring, predatory and anti predatory. Aggression behaviour in Beta splendens is more obvious in its male where they often try to defence their territorial and compete in finding mates. The male Beta splendens will shows differences in term of their swimming patterns, charging movements, fin movements, mouth movement, opercular cover (gills), tail movements and changes in coloration of body parts when they meet their rival mates and also when they are isolated from their rivals.

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MATERIALS AND METHODS 3.1 Materials Two male Siamese fighting fish, Beta splendens in an aquarium tank separated by a transparent block containing removable white paper 3.2 Methods and Procedures 1. Two male Siamese fighting fish in an aquarium tank were obtained from laboratory assistant and placed on a table and allowed to settle down for about 5 minutes and methods on how to observe and measured aggressive behaviour of the male Siamese fighting fish, Beta splendens while separated and during exposure to each other. 2. The males B.splendens were initially kept separated by putting in the barrier between them. Behaviours that were observed in B.splendens were as followed: Swimming patterns, charging movements, fin movements, mouth movements, opercular cover (gills), tail movements and change in coloration of body parts. 3. The fishes were kept separately in order to observe both of the fish behaviour when they were isolated from each other. These observation and measurement were done in 10 minutes long. All changes that occurred during isolation steps were recorded in a table as in the next part, result. 4. After 10 minutes observations on the males Siamese fighting fish were done, next step was to make observation on these fishes after the barriers were taken. Once the barrier was taken out, observation on aggressive behaviour during exposure to each other were done and changes occurred were recorded in a table. 5. Ethogram on these fishes behaviour during isolation and exposure was constructed and drawings showing the aggressive patterns were also done.