Anabas
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Anabas also called climbing perch or Ikan Puyu is a genus of the bone fishes from familia from perciform  fish.

Description

Fresh-water fishes have the length up to 20 cm. Anabas reside in both brackish and fresh water
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Marking corpus is brown-green in colour and the belly is yellowish. The azygous fins have prickly beams.

Anabas possess a labyrinth organ, a structure in the fish's head which allows it to breathe atmospheric oxygen, and therefore can be out of water for an extended period of time (6–8 hours).

Ranges

Southern Asia (India
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, Bangladesh
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, Burma, Indonesia
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, Malaysia, Thailand
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 and Philippine Islands)

Behaviour

Anabas are carnivorous, living on a diet of water invertebrates and their larvae, and guard their eggs.

Species

List of species: - Climbing perch, Climbing bass

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List of species accepted as at present time:
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