climbing gourami en · NOUN
Etymology
From climbing + gourami.
Meanings
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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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| climbing gouramies | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| climbing gouramis | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Synonyms
climbing perch (fish of family Anabantidae) · anabantid (fish of family Anabantidae)