Anabas Cloquet [H.] (ex Cuvier) 1816:35, suppl. Masc. Perca scandens Daldorff 1797. Type by monotypy. Cuvier 1816:339 [ref. 993] has only "Les Anabas" and mentions "Perca scandens Daldorf. Anthias testudineus Bl. 322." Apparently dates to Cloquet 1816:35 as above (else to Oken 1817:1781 [1181] [ref. 3303]). See also Whitley 1935:136 [ref. 6396]. Misspelled Anabus by Swainson 1839:237 [ref. 4303]. •Valid as Anabas Cloquet 1816 -- (Liem 1962:42 [ref. 20932], Jayaram 1981:378 [ref. 6497], Kottelat 1985:275 [ref. 11441], Vierke 1986:59 [ref. 36452], Vierke 1988:89 [ref. 36453], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Roberts 1989:171 [ref. 6439], Ataur Rahman 1989:284 [ref. 24860], Zhong in Pan et al. 1991:507 [ref. 23876], Kottelat 2000:92 [ref. 25865], Kottelat 2000:88 [ref. 25486], Ataur Rahman 2003:309 [ref. 31338], Hui & Ng 2005:116 [ref. 28283], Kottelat 2013:447 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:208 [ref. 34477]). Current status: Valid as Anabas Cloquet 1816. Anabantidae.