Description

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Common Names

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Climbing perch , English , Nepal

Gangetic koi , English , India

Gangesinkiipijäkala , Finnish , Finland

Hochrückiger Kletterfisch , German , Germany

Kabai , Nepali , Nepal

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anabantiformes

Family: Anabantidae

Genus: Anabas

Species: Anabas cobojius (Hamilton, 1822)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Asia: India and Bangladesh.

Biology

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Obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Found in lakes, ponds, ditches and paddy fields. Able to live out of water for protracted period.

Habitat

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benthopelagic