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  • Lois explains, but the man points out that the fish in question was an Anabas fish, which can survive for long periods of time out of the water.

    Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane #72 - Feb. 1967 rob! 2008

  • Lois explains, but the man points out that the fish in question was an Anabas fish, which can survive for long periods of time out of the water.

    Archive 2008-12-01 rob! 2008

  • Chapter Nine WITH ONE HAND fingering the makeshift ahn-woon hung on his utility belt, Kevin Riley stood beside Anabas the two stared at a visual display in one of Recovery's vast corridors.

    Recovery Dillard, J. M. 1995

  • The different feeding habits of the predatory snakehead (Channa striata), omnivorous catfish (Clarias macrocephalus), insectivorous climbing perch (Anabas testudineus), and plantivorous-omnivorous gouramies (Trichogaster pectoralis and T. trichopterus) indicate possible yield improvements through rice/fish polyculture.

    1. Intensive sustainable livestock production: an alternative to tropical deforestation. 1992

  • Now suppose that Nature wishes to adapt a fish, which breathes by gills, to life in the air; she does not create an organ specially for this purpose, but utilises the moist gill-chamber (_e. g._, in _Anabas scandens_), modifying it in certain ways so that the fish can take advantage of the oxygen it contains.

    Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology

  • One of these is a tropical fish called the Anabas.

    How Sammy Went to Coral-Land Emily Paret Atwater

  • The fish in this instance was the Anabas scandens or "walking perch" of

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • The fish in this instance was the Anabas scandens or ` ` walking perch '' of Ceylon, which derives its name from its power of locomotion on land and its ability to live out of water for some time.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • Thus, certain fishes related to the wonderful Anabas -- the perch that climbs trees!

    Chatterbox, 1906 Various 1873

  • The most celebrated of these is the _Anabas_, or "climbing-fish." an Indian fish, which not only can remain many days out of the water, but also amuses itself by climbing up the palm trees -- it is hard to say how -- and establishing itself in the little pools of water left by the rain at the roots of the leaves.

    The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals Jean Mac�� 1854

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