anabas

[ an-uh-bas ]

/ ˈæn əˌbæs /

any small fish of the genus Anabas, of ponds and swamps in Africa and southeastern Asia.

Compare climbing perch.

Origin of anabas

1835–45; < New Latin < Greek, aorist participle of anabaínein to go up. See anabaena

A related species is the equally famous tree-climber of India (Anabas scandens).

A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2) |David Starr Jordan
Like Anabas, the climbing perch, it possesses a suprabranchial accessory respiratory organ.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 |Various
The most interesting member of this family is Anabas scandens, the climbing perch.

A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2) |David Starr Jordan
These labyrinthal water-chambers are particularly numerous and complicated in the Anabas just mentioned.

The Romance of Natural History, Second Series |Philip Henry Gosse

In 1797 Lieutenant Daldorf describes his capture of an Anabas, five feet above the water, on the bark of a palm-tree.

A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2) |David Starr Jordan

anabas

/ (ˈænəˌbæs) /

any of several labyrinth fishes of the genus Anabas, esp the climbing fish

C19: from New Latin, from Greek anabainein to go up; see anabaena