Anabas
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Anabantoidei |
| Family: | Anabantidae |
| Genus: | Anabas |
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Anabas testudineus (Bloch, 1792) |
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Anabas (Anabas Cloquet, 1816) also called climbing perch or Ikan Puyu is a genus of the bone fishes from familia Anabantidae from perciform Perciformes fish.
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[edit] Description
Fresh-water fishes have the length up to 20 cm. Anabas reside in both brackish and fresh water.[1]
Marking corpus is brown-green in colour and the belly is yellowish. The azygous fins have prickly beams.
Anabas possess a labyrinth organ, a structure in the fish's head which allows it to breathe atmospheric oxygen, and therefore can be out of water for an extended period of time (6–8 hours).
[edit] Ranges
Southern Asia (India, Bangladesh, Burma, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Philippine Islands)
[edit] Behaviour
Anabas are carnivorous, living on a diet of water invertebrates and their larvae, and guard their eggs.
[edit] Species
List of species[2]:
- Anabas testudineus (Bloch, 1792) - Climbing perch, Climbing bass
- Anabas cobojius (Hamilton, 1822)
List of invalid species[3]:
- Anabas ansorgii Boulenger, 1912 - at present time called Microctenopoma ansorgii Boulenger, 1912
- Anabas argentoventer Ahl in Schreitmüller and Ahl, 1922 - at present time called Ctenopoma kingsleyae Günther, 1896
- Anabas fasciolata Boulenger, 1899 - at present time called Microctenopoma fasciolatum (Boulenger, 1899)
- Anabas muriei Boulenger, 1906 - at present time called Ctenopoma muriei (Boulenger, 1906)
- Anabas nanum (Günther, 1896) - at present time called Microctenopoma nanum (Günther, 1896)
- Anabas ocellatus (Pellegrin, 1899) - at present time called Ctenopoma ocellatus Pellegrin, 1899
- Anabas oxyrhynchus Boulenger, 1902 - at present time called Ctenopoma oxyrhynchus (Boulenger, 1902)
List of species accepted as Anabas testudineus (Bloch, 1792) at present time[4]:
- Anabas elongatus Reuvens, 1895
- Anabas macrocephalus Bleeker, 1854
- Anabas microcephalus Bleeker, 1857
- Anabas scandens (Daldorff, 1797)
- Anabas spinosus Gray, 1834
- Anabas trifoliatus Kaup, 1860
- Anabas variegatus Bleeker, 1851
[edit] References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Anabas |
- ^ "...A. testudineus is known to inhabit brackish water, efforts should be made in the future to determine the effects of increased salinity on its branchial functions and air-breathing capacity. * http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/content/full/209/22/4475"
- ^ "Anabantoidei". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=172582. Retrieved 30 June 2006.
- ^ Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ^ World Register of Marine Species.
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