India country information

Common names: Antikallai, Climbing perch, Kai
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: highly commercial | Ref: FAO, 1994
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: FAO Fishery Information, Data and Statistics Service, 1993
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known throughout India (Ref. 43640). Recorded from Western Ghats rivers, Maharashtra (Ref. 43634) and Chilka Lake (Ref. 29108). Present in Buxa, Adma and Jayanti rivers (Ref. 89719). Also Ref. 36654, 41236 45255, 87807, 97593. Status of threat: Vulnerable in Western Ghats (Ref. 50614).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran, 1991
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Anabas, Perca trepadora, Анабас (=рыба-ползун), ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Anabantiformes (Gouramies, snakeheads) > Anabantidae (Climbing gouramies)
Etymology: Anabas: Greek, anabasis = climbing up (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Bloch.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; brackish; demersal; potamodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - ? m (Ref. 4833). Tropical; 22°C - 30°C (Ref. 1672); 28°N - 10°S

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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Anabas testudineus (Bloch, 1792)

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology