Anabas


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anabas

(ˈænəˌbæs)
n
(Animals) any of several labyrinth fishes of the genus Anabas, esp the climbing fish
[C19: from New Latin, from Greek anabainein to go up; see anabaena]
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Noun1.anabas - the type genus of the family AnabantidaeAnabas - the type genus of the family Anabantidae; small fish that resemble perch
fish genus - any of various genus of fish
Anabantidae, family Anabantidae - small freshwater spiny-finned fishes of Africa and southern Asia
A. testudineus, Anabas testudineus, climbing perch - a small perch of India whose gills are modified to allow it to breathe air; has spiny pectoral fins that enable it to travel on land
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Starvation induced cholesterogenesis in hepatic and extra hepatic tissues of climbing Perch, Anabas testudineus (Bloch).
columnare infection in Catla catla (13), Carassius auratus (14) and Labeo rohita, Ctenopharyngodon della and Anabas testudineus (15), and infection by Flavobacterium spp.
Ghosh, "Histopathological and ultramicroscopical changes in gill, liver and kidney of Anabas testudineus (Bloch) after chronic intoxication of almix (metsulfuron methyl 10.1%+chlorimuron ethyl 10.1%) herbicide," Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, vol.
Threatened fishes of the World: Anabas testudineus (Bloch, 1792) (Perciformes: Anabantidae).
(2010) who also observed concentration dependent DNA damage at 2mgL-1, followed by that of 1.0 and 0.1mgL-1 of cadmium exposure in freshwater climbing perch, Anabas testudineus.
and Thaworn, W., Histopathological alterations of the gills, liver and kidneys in Anabas testudineus (Bloch) fish living in an unused lignite mine LI district.
Freshwater fish (Oreochromis spp., Oreochromis mossambicus, Scortum barcoo, Puntius gonionotus, Leptobarbus hoevenii, Pangasius pangasius, Anabas testudineus, Clarias gariepinus and Cichlasoma sp.) showed clinical signs of skin haemorrhages and fins rot were sampled from three private farms during disease outbreaks.
In sea bass and climbing perch (Anabas testudineus Bloch, 1792), an aqpl a paralog was present in the gills but mRNA expression did not change with salinity (Giffard-Mena et al., 2007; Ip et al., 2013).
However, for treatment of bone fracture, 100g bark of Crataeva nurvala was made into a paste along with 10g stems of Ichnocarpus frutescens, 10g roots of Achyranthes aspera, 10g roots of Sida rhombifolia, 3 heads of Anabas testudineusfish (Bengali: koi), 1 dried seed kernel of Myristica fragrans, and one spleen from a chicken.