Anabas
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Anabas
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| 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 perciform fishes from the family Anabantidae.
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Description
In the wild, Anabas species grow up to 20 cm. They inhabit 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).
Ranges
Southern Asia (India, Bangladesh, Burma, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Philippine Islands)
Behaviour
Anabas are carnivorous, living on a diet of water invertebrates and their larvae, and guard their eggs.
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
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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