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Scientific Name	**Anabas testudineus** (Bloch, 1792)
Common Name	Kletterfisch (auf Land Gehend) (Germany)
Type Locality	"Japan" [actual is Tranquebar, India, now Tharangambadi, Tamil Nadu, India].
Synonym(s)	Amphiprion scansor, Amphiprion testudineus, Anabas elongatus, Anabas macrocephalus, Anabas microcephalus, Anabas scandens, Anabas spinosus, Anabas tastudineus, Anabas testudinens, Anabas testudineus lacustri, Anabas testudineus ricei, Anabas testudineus riveri, Anabas trifoliatus, Anabas variegatus, Anabus testudineus, Anthias testudineus, Antias testudineus, Lutjanus scandens, Lutjanus testudo, Perca scandens
Species Information
Size	250mm or 9.8" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Asia: India to Wallace line including China. May have been distributed in more areas than were commonly reported.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019.
Husbandry Information
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 6, pp 121, Pl. 322.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 12:47 (species record created: 2013 Sep 05 16:46)