climbing gourami

English

A climbing gourami
(genus Anabas, unidentified species)

Etymology

From climbing + gourami.

Noun

climbing gourami (plural climbing gouramis or climbing gouramies)

1. Any fish of the taxonomic family Anabantidae.
   • 1997, Jeffrey B. Graham, Air-Breathing Fishes: Evolution, Diversity, and Adaptation‎, page 54:

     Ananantidae. This family, known as the climbing gouramis, contains three genera, Anabas (1 species), Cteropoma (at least 25 species) and Sandelia (2).

   • 2000, Ramon Folch i Guillén, Josep María Camarasa, Encyclopedia of the Biosphere: Tropical rainforests, volume 2, page 157:

     The anabantids, or climbing gouramis (Channa), are adapted to freshwater wetlands.

   • 2001, E. Yu. Krysanov, A. S. Golubtsov, Journal of Ichthyology, Volume 41, Issues 6-9, page 698,

     Eight species of the African climbing gourami genera Ctenopoma and Microctenopoma were karyologically studied using the air-dried method.

Synonyms

• (fish of family Anabantidae): anabantid, climbing perch

Translations

fish of the family Anabantidae — see climbing perch

See also

• gourami
• labyrinth fish

References

• climbing gourami on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Anabantidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Anabantidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons