Anabantidae
fish family
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annotated classification
- In perciform: Annotated classification
Family Anabantidae Pleistocene to present; about 33 species, freshwaters of tropical Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Philippines; includes the “climbing perch”; size small. Family Osphronemida (fighting fishes, gouramis, pikeheads, and others) About 86 species of small freshwater fishes from tropical Africa, India, Myanmar
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family of Anabantoidei
- In labyrinth fish
…grouped together in the family Anabantidae, may be placed in five families: Badidae, Anabantidae, Belontiidae, Helostomatidae, and Osphronemidae.
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