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Anabas Cloquet, 1816

AphiaID

268299 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:268299)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Anabantidae Bonaparte, 1831

Original name

Anabas Cloquet, 1816

Synonymised names

Anabus Cloquet, 1816 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Coius Hamilton, 1822 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Anabas testudineus (Bloch, 1792)
Species Anabas tongtruongensis Nguyen, Ngô & Nguyen, 2015
Species Anabas elongatus Reuvens, 1895 accepted as Anabas testudineus (Bloch, 1792)
Species Anabas macrocephalus Bleeker, 1855 accepted as Anabas testudineus (Bloch, 1792) (synonym)
Species Anabas microcephalus Bleeker, 1857 accepted as Anabas testudineus (Bloch, 1792)
Species Anabas scandens (Daldorff, 1797) accepted as Anabas testudineus (Bloch, 1792)
Species Anabas spinosus Gray, 1834 accepted as Anabas testudineus (Bloch, 1792)
Species Anabas tastudineus (Bloch, 1792) accepted as Anabas testudineus (Bloch, 1792) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Anabas testudinens (Bloch, 1792) accepted as Anabas testudineus (Bloch, 1792) (misspelling)
Species Anabas trifoliatus Kaup, 1860 accepted as Anabas testudineus (Bloch, 1792)
Species Anabas variegatus Bleeker, 1851 accepted as Anabas testudineus (Bloch, 1792)

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Anabas Cloquet, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=268299 on 2026-10-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 10:18:16Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2025-11-25 18:07:09Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Coius Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6897 [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]