English

A climbing gourami
(genus Anabas, unidentified species)

Wikispecies

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

See also

• gourami
• labyrinth fish