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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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One of these is a tropical fish called the Anabas.
How Sammy Went to Coral-Land Emily Paret Atwater
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The fish in this instance was the Anabas scandens or "walking perch" of
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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.
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Thus, certain fishes related to the wonderful Anabas -- the perch that climbs trees!
Chatterbox, 1906 Various 1873
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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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