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climbing gourami en · NOUN

Etymology

From climbing + gourami.

Meanings

  1. Any fish of the taxonomic family Anabantidae.
    • The anabantids, or climbing gouramis (Channa), are adapted to freshwater wetlands. 2000, Ramon Folch i Guillén, Josep María Camarasa, Encyclopedia of the Biosphere: Tropical rainforests, volume 2, page 157:
    • Ananantidae. This family, known as the climbing gouramis, contains three genera, Anabas (1 species), Cteropoma (at least 25 species) and Sandelia (2). 1997, Jeffrey B. Graham, Air-Breathing Fishes: Evolution, Diversity, and Adaptation, page 54:
    • 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.

Forms

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climbing gouramies Number=Plur lexicographic
climbing gouramis Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

gourami · labyrinth fish

Synonyms

climbing perch (fish of family Anabantidae) · anabantid (fish of family Anabantidae)