Anabas
Anabas is a genus of climbing gouramies native to southern and eastern Asia. In the wild, Anabas species grow up to long. They inhabit both brackish and fresh water. Anabas species possess a labyrinth organ, a structure in the fish's head which allows it to breathe atmospheric oxygen, so it can be out of water for an extended period of time (6–8 hr), hence its name from the Greek anabainein ‘walk up’, from ana- ‘up’ + bainein ‘go’. They are carnivorous, living on a diet of water invertebrates and their larvae, and - in contrast to most of their relatives - are scatter spawners with no parental
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyAnabantidae
Habitatbrackish, freshwater
Observations4,476
Die Kletterfische (Anabas) sind eine Süßwasserfischgattung aus der Familie der Kletterfische und Buschfische (Anabantidae). Die Gattung kommt mit zwei Arten auf dem Indischen Subkontinent und in Südostasien westlich der Wallace-Linie vor. Die Gattungsbezeichnung Anabas leitet sich aus dem Griechischen ab („anabainein“ = hinaufklettern) und verweist auf die Fähigkeit der Fische, das Wasser zu verlassen und andere Gewässer aufzusuchen.
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Anabas is a genus of climbing gouramies native to southern and eastern Asia. In the wild, Anabas species grow up to long. They inhabit both brackish and fresh water. Anabas species possess a labyrinth organ, a structure in the fish's head which allows it to breathe atmospheric oxygen, so it can be out of water for an extended period of time (6–8 hr), hence its name from the Greek anabainein ‘walk up’, from ana- ‘up’ + bainein ‘go’. They are carnivorous, living on a diet of water invertebrates and their larvae, and - in contrast to most of their relatives - are scatter spawners with no parental care. Species are found in South Asia, including India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Burma, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, and the Philippines.
==Species== There are two recognized species in the genus Anabas: Anabas cobojius (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Gangetic koi) Anabas testudineus (Bloch, 1792) (climbing perch)