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. From Wordnik.com. [Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane #72 - Feb. 1967] Reference
The different feeding habits of the predatory snakehead (Channa striata), omnivorous catfish (Clarias macrocephalus), insectivorous climbing perch (Anabas testudineus), and plantivorous-omnivorous gouramies (Trichogaster pectoralis and T. trichopterus) indicate possible yield improvements through rice/fish polyculture. From Wordnik.com. [1. Intensive sustainable livestock production: an alternative to tropical deforestation.] Reference
The fish in this instance was the Anabas scandens or "walking perch" of. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Thus, certain fishes related to the wonderful Anabas -- the perch that climbs trees!. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1906] Reference
The fish which the moodliar sent to me proved to be an Anabas, and closely resembles the. From Wordnik.com. [Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference
Cyrus passed the Sarus, three plethra in breadth: the Pyramus, a stadium in breadth, ran five parasangs farther to the east, (Xenophon, Anabas.l. i. p 33, 34.). From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4] Reference
The fish in this instance was the Anabas scandens or ` ` walking perch '' of Ceylon, which derives its name from its power of locomotion on land and its ability to live out of water for some time. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Tarsus, the army of the younger Cyrus passed the Sarus, three plethra in breadth: the Pyramus, a stadium in breadth, ran five parasangs farther to the east, (Xenophon, Anabas.l. i. p 33. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
The Anabas of the dry Tanks 354. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon] Reference
Edwarsiella tarda in Anabas testudineus (Bloch). From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Anabas. From Wordnik.com. [Iambographorum principis reliquiae, quas accuratius collegit, adnotationibus virorum doctorum suisque animadversionibus illustravit et praemissa de vita et scriptis poetae commentatione nunc seorsum edidit Ignatius Liebel] Reference
Anabas scandens, 349, 350. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon] Reference
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