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n. - A genus comprising small perchlike freshwater spiny-finned fishes of southeastern Asia and Africa

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  • Lois explains, but the man points out that the fish in question was an Anabas fish, which can survive for long periods of time out of the water.
  • The different feeding habits of the predatory snakehead (Channa striata), omnivorous catfish (Clarias macrocephalus), insectivorous climbing perch (Anabas testudineus),...
  • The fish in this instance was the Anabas scandens or "walking perch" of
  • Thus, certain fishes related to the wonderful Anabas -- the perch that climbs trees!
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