Climbing fish
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The climbing fish ( Anabas testudineus ) is a freshwater fish belonging to the genus climbing fish . He can leave the water and go to other bodies of water. In Southeast Asia , the climbing fish is an important food fish that is offered live and can survive for several days if kept moist.
features
The climbing fish can reach a standard length of 23 to 25 cm. The color of living specimens is light to dark green. The underside is very light, the upper side is dark olive-colored. On the head, towards the abdomen, there are longitudinal stripes, on the rear edge of the gill cover there is a dark spot. Its head is scaled and there are four to five rows of scales between the eye and the rear edge of the foreleg . There are 26–32 scales on the broken sideline . The scales are large and arranged regularly. The iris is reddish gold in color.
- Fin formula : dorsal XVI – XX / 7–10, anal IX – XI / 8–11
distribution and habitat
The climbing fish is widespread in Southeast Asia . The distribution area extends from India to the Wallace Line including China .
The climbing fish has also been spotted on the Australian islands of Boigu and Saibai .
The climbing fish lives in fresh water . It inhabits medium-sized to large rivers, canals and irrigation channels , lakes and ponds , swamps and rice fields .
Way of life
To migrate over land, the climbing fish moves its body in waves and uses its thorny gill cover, breathing takes place via its labyrinth organ . It can cover distances of up to 180 m in one night.
Climbing fish eat vegetable food and fry.
Surname
The name climbing fish goes back to the alleged finding of a living fish at a height of about 1.5 meters above the ground in a tree (Daldorf, 1779). Olson et al. say, however, that reports that the fish can actually climb trees are beyond the ability of the fish.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Wilfried Westheide (editor), Gunde Rieger (editor): Special Zoology. Part 2: vertebrates or skulls. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3827420398 , p. 305.
- ↑ a b c d e f g Anabas testudineus on Fishbase.org (English)
- ↑ a b c d e Tim M. Berra : Freshwater Fish Distribution. University Of Chicago Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0226044422 . P. 483.
- ↑ a b Leng Sy Vann, Eric Baran, Chheng Phen: Biological Reviews of Important Cambodian Fish Species. , P. 103. ( Online )
- ↑ Climbing fish in Australia ( Memento of the original from June 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 4, 2015
- ↑ Anabas testudineus in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Pal, M. & Chaudhry, S., 2009.
Web links
- Anabas testudineus on Fishbase.org (English)
- Anabas testudineus in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Pal, M. & Chaudhry, S., 2009. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
- Video recording of climbing fish moving on land