climbing perch

noun

1. a brown labyrinth fish, Anabas testudineus, of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, having a specialized breathing apparatus that enables it to leave the water and move about on land.

Word History and Origins

Origin of climbing perch¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

“Only with ongoing education and surveillance are we going to prevent climbing perch from arriving in northern Australia,” he said.

From The Guardian

Like Anabas, the climbing perch, it possesses a suprabranchial accessory respiratory organ.

From Project Gutenberg

Two rather remarkable fishes are the climbing perch and the archer-fish.

From Project Gutenberg

Doubtless the reader has heard of the "climbing perch," a tropical fish which is partially amphibious, and which abounds in Ceylon.

From Project Gutenberg

We cannot entirely exclude even fishes from our list; as the absence of mangroves would incidentally affect the climbing perch and catfishes!

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