Freshwater, Brackish, Fishery, Commercial, Threatened
Anabas testudineus (Bloch, 1792)
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Amphiprion scansor Bloch & Schneider, 1801 |
synonym | Amphiprion testudineus (Bloch, 1792) |
synonym | Anabas elongatus Reuvens, 1895 |
synonym | Anabas macrocephalus Bleeker, 1855 |
synonym | Anabas microcephalus Bleeker, 1857 |
synonym | Anabas scandens (Daldorff, 1797) |
synonym | Anabas spinosus Gray, 1834 |
synonym | Anabas tastudineus (Bloch, 1792) |
synonym | Anabas testudinens (Bloch, 1792) |
synonym | Anabas testudineus lacustri Das, 1966 |
synonym | Anabas testudineus ricei Das, 1966 |
synonym | Anabas testudineus riveri Das, 1966 |
synonym | Anabas trifoliatus Kaup, 1860 |
synonym | Anabas variegatus Bleeker, 1851 |
synonym | Anthias testudineus Bloch, 1792 |
synonym | Antias testudineus (Bloch, 1792) |
synonym | Lutjanus scandens (Daldorff, 1797) |
synonym | Lutjanus testudo Lacepède, 1802 |
synonym | Perca scandens Daldorff, 1797 |
synonym | Sparus scandens (Daldorff, 1797) |
synonym | Sparus testudineus (Bloch, 1792) |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Brief
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=495, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=495, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Diagnostic Keys
Dorsal spines (total): 16 - 20; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 10; Anal spines: 9 - 11; Anal soft rays: 8 - 11
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=495, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=495, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Description
Color in life dark to pale greenish, very pale below, back dusky to olive; head with longitudinal stripes ventrally; posterior margin of opercle with a dark spot; iris golden reddish. Body form variable, affected by age and amount of food consumed. Scaled head with 4-5 rows between eye and rear margin of preoperculum. Scales large and regularly arranged, ciliate.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=495, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=495, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Life Cycle
Guards eggs at the surface of hypoxic waters .
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=495, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=495, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Migration
Potamodromous. Migrating within streams, migratory in rivers, e.g. Saliminus, Moxostoma, Labeo. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=495, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=495, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Size
Max Length
20 SL (unsexed)
Size
25.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; )
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=495, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=495, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Trophic Strategy
Found mostly in canals, lakes, ponds, swamps and estuaries . Occurs in medium to large rivers, brooks, flooded fields and stagnant water bodies including sluggish flowing canals . Often found in areas with dense vegetation . Can tolerate extremely unfavorable water conditions and is associated mainly with turbid, stagnant waters . Remains buried under the mud during dry season . Feeds on macrophytic vegetation, shrimps and fish fry . Reported to undertake lateral migration from the Mekong mainstream, or other permanent water bodies, to flooded areas during the flood season and return to the permanent water bodies at the onset of the dry season . During the dry season, it stays in pools associated with submerged woods and shrubs . Possesses an accessory air-breathing organ . Able to survive for several days or weeks out of water if the air breathing organs can be kept moist ; uses its highly mobile suboperculum and strong fins spines to pull itself over land to move between bodies of water .
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=495, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=495, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Diseases
Allocreadium Infestation 6. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Anchor worm Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Camallanus Infection 1. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Camallanus Infection 8. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Centrocestus Infestation 2. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Contracaecum Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Dactylogyrus Gill Flukes Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Gnathostoma Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Lernaea Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Neopecoelina Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Paragendria Infestation 2. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=495, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=495, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Habitat
Freshwater
Habitat demersal; potamodromous ; freshwater; brackish; depth range 0 - ? m
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=495, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=495, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Floodplain wetlands, ditches, small rivulet channels, ponds and brackish waters
Description
Remark
Known throughout India
Occurrence
native
Distribution
Asia: India to Wallace line including China. May have been distributed in more areas than were commonly reported.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=495, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=495, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Global Distribution
Native To Southeastern Asia, China, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka. Introduced Elesewhere.,india
Local Distribution
Throughout India, Assam (Brahmaputra and Barak drainages)
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List Category
Data Deficient
Not Evaluated IUCN 2006
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=495, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=495, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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📚 Uses and Management
Uses
fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; aquarium: commercial
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=495, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=495, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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📚 Information Listing
References
Overview > Diagnostic > Diagnostic Keys
- Herre, A.W.C.T. 1924 Distribution of the true freshwater fishes in the Philippines. II. Philippine Labyrinthici, Clariidae, and Siluridae. Philipp. J. Sci. 24(6):683-709.
Overview > Diagnostic > Description
- Herre, A.W.C.T. 1924 Distribution of the true freshwater fishes in the Philippines. II. Philippine Labyrinthici, Clariidae, and Siluridae. Philipp. J. Sci. 24(6):683-709.
Natural History > Life Cycle
- Balon, E.K. 1990 Epigenesis of an epigeneticist: the development of some alternative concepts on the early ontogeny and evolution of fishes. Guelph Ichthyol. Rev. 1:1-48.
Natural History > Migration
- Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p.
Natural History > Size
- Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran 1991 Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Volume 2. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
Natural History > Trophic Strategy
- Rainboth, W.J. 1996 Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. FAO Species Identification Field Guide for Fishery Purposes. FAO, Rome, 265 p.
Natural History > Diseases
- Arthur, J.R. and A.B.A. Ahmed 2002 Checklist of the parasites of fishes of Bangladesh. FAO Fish. Tech. Paper (T369/1), 77 p. $
- Arthur, J.R. and S. Lumanlan-Mayo 1997 Checklist of the parasites of fishes of the Philippines. FAO Fish. Tech. Pap. 369, 102 p. FAO, Rome. $
Habitat and Distribution > General Habitat
- Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran 1991 Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Volume 2. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
Habitat and Distribution > Distribution > Description
- Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran 1991 Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Volume 2. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
Demography and Conservation > Conservation Status
- 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
Uses and Management > Uses
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 1992 FAO yearbook 1990. Fishery statistics. Catches and landings. FAO Fish. Ser. (38). FAO Stat. Ser. 70:(105):647 p. Garibaldi, L. 1996 List of animal species used in aquaculture. FAO Fish. Circ. 914. 38 p. Mills, D. and G. Vevers 1989 The Tetra encyclopedia of freshwater tropical aquarium fishes. Tetra Press, New Jersey. 208 p.
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Actinopterygii |
Order | Perciformes |
Family | Anabantidae |
Genus | Anabas |
Species | Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792) |
📊 Temporal Distribution
📷 Related Observations
👥 Groups