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Species in the genus Anabas: [ 17 ] records

cobojius, Coius Hamilton [F.] 1822:98, 370, Pl. 89 [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] India. No types known. Hamilton's original illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 57 [ref. 37532]. •In Anabas -- (Kottelat 2000:91 [ref. 25865]). •Synonym of Anabas testudinius Bloch 1792 -- (Ataur Rahman 2003:309 [ref. 31338]). •Valid as Anabas cobojius (Hamilton 1822) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:996 [ref. 20764], Menon 1999:296 [ref. 24904], Edds & Ng 2007:130 [ref. 29199], Shrestha 2008:225 [ref. 29923]). Current status: Valid as Anabas cobojius (Hamilton 1822). Anabantidae. Distribution: India and Nepal, possible elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater.

elongatus, Anabas Reuvens [C. L.] 1895:147 [Notes from the Leyden Museum v. 16 (nos. 3-4) (art. 12); ref. 14563] Sumba Island, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): ?RMNH 5162. •Synonym of Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792) -- (Kottelat 2013:447 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792). Anabantidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

kavaiya, Anabas testudineus Deraniyagala [P. E. P.] 1952:111, Fig. 53 [A colored atlas of some vertebrates from Ceylon; ref. 12768] Sri Lanka. Holotype: NMSL ?FF 869. Paratypes: NMSL. Type information: Pethiyagoda 1991:336 [ref. 20075]. •Synonym of Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792) -- (Kottelat 2013:447 [ref. 32989]), Current status: Synonym of Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792). Anabantidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

lacustri, Anabas testudineus Das [S. M.] 1966:93 [Ichthyologica (Srinagar, Kashmir) v. 3 (nos 1-2) 1964; ref. 7729] Fish tank at Balrampur, India. No types known. •Synonym of Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:997 [ref. 20764], Menon 1999:297 [ref. 24904], Kottelat 2013:447 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792). Anabantidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

macrocephalus, Anabas Bleeker [P.] 1855:430 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 7 (no. 3); ref. 16941] Jakarta, Java; Tandjongoost; Tjampea, Indonesia. Syntypes: (9) SMNS 10564 (1) Java. Type catalog: Fricke 1991:7 [ref. 13474], Fricke 2005:11 [ref. 29864]. •Synonym of Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792) -- (Tan & Ng 2005:116 [ref. 28283], Kottelat 2013:447 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792). Anabantidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

microcephalus, Anabas Bleeker [P.] 1857:58 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 2 (art. 7); ref. 356] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792) -- (Kottelat 2013:447 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792). Anabantidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

oligolepis, Anabas Bleeker [P.] 1855:161 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 8 (no. 1); ref. 16837] Bandjarmasin, Borneo, Indonesia. Syntypes: (9) Bleeker specimens: NMV 45988 (1). •Valid as Anabas oligolepis Bleeker 1855 -- (Vierke 1986:59 [ref. 36452], Vierke 1988:89 [ref. 36453]). •Synonym of Anabas cobojius (Hamilton 1822) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:996 [ref. 20764]). •Synonym of Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792) -- (Kottelat 2013:447 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792). Anabantidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

ricei, Anabas testudineus Das [S. M.] 1966:93 [Ichthyologica (Srinagar, Kashmir) v. 3 (nos 1-2) 1964; ref. 7729] Rice fields, Balrampur, India. No types known. •Synonym of Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:997 [ref. 20764], Menon 1999:297 [ref. 24904], Kottelat 2013:447 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792). Anabantidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

riveri, Anabas testudineus Das [S. M.] 1966:93 [Ichthyologica (Srinagar, Kashmir) v. 3 (nos 1-2) 1964; ref. 7729] Rapti River, Basti and Kathina River, Lakhimpur Kheri, India. No types known. •Synonym of Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:996 [ref. 20764], Menon 1999:297 [ref. 24904], Kottelat 2013:447 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792). Anabantidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

scandens, Perca Daldorff [D. C. de] 1797:62 [The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London v. 3 (art. 14); ref. 17360] Tranquebar [Tharangambadi], India. No types known. •Synonym of Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792) -- (Roberts 1989:171 [ref. 6439], Menon 1999:296 [ref. 24904], Kottelat 2013:447 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792). Anabantidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

scansor, Amphiprion Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:204 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Unneeded new name for Perca scandens Daldorff 1797. •Synonym of Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792) -- (Menon 1999:297 [ref. 24904], Kottelat 2013:447 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792). Anabantidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

spinosus, Anabas Gray [J. E.] 1834:no page number, Pl. 89 (fig. 1) [Illustrations of Indian zoology; ref. 1878] India. Published about 1 Oct. 1834. •Synonym of Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792) -- (Menon 1999:297 [ref. 24904], Kottelat 2013:447 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792). Anabantidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

testudineus, Anthias Bloch [M. E.] 1792:121, Pl. 322 [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 6; ref. 470] "Japan" [actual is Tranquebar, India, now Tharangambadi, Tamil Nadu, India]. Lectotype: ZMB 1370. Paralectotypes: ZMB 6578 (1, lost). Type catalog: Paepke 1994:313 [ref. 21516], Paepke 1999:44 [ref. 24282]. On p. 104 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 9 [ref. 21381]. Spelled testudinaceus in Rendahl 1928:176 [ref. 3702]. Lectotype selected by Paepke 1994:313 [ref. 21516]. Sometimes dated to 1795. •Valid as Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792) -- (Shrestha 1978:41 [ref. 15970], Feng in Kuang et al. 1986:322 [ref. 26639] dated 1795, Vierke 1986:60 [ref. 36452], Vierke 1988:89 [ref. 36453], Roberts 1989:171 [ref. 6439], Ataur Rahman 1989:284 [ref. 24860], Pethiyagoda 1991:258 [ref. 20075], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:996 [ref. 20764], Zhong in Pan et al. 1991:507 [ref. 23876], Kottelat et al. 1993:160 [ref. 23448], Indra 1994:425 [ref. 24015], Kottelat & Lim 1996:248 [ref. 23210], Sen 1995:590 [ref. 23778], Zhu 1995:185 [ref. 25213], Rainboth 1996:214 [ref. 22772], Rema Devi et al. 1996:143 [ref. 24021], Banik & Choudhury 1996:580 [ref. 24736], Wakiyama et al. 1997:100 [ref. 25519], Vu & Nguyen 1997:27 [ref. 26438], Kottelat 1998:115 [ref. 23436], Ng & Tan 1999:363 [ref. 24159], Rema Devi et al. 1999:163 [ref. 24758], Menon 1999:296 [ref. 24904], Fuller et al. 1999:468 [ref. 25838], Freyhof et al. 2000:97 [ref. 25184], Karmakar 2000:35 [ref. 25662], Kottelat 2001:62 [ref. 25482], Britz & Cambray 2001:280 [ref. 25647], Doi et al. 2001:17 [ref. 25691], Allen et al. 2000:160 [ref. 27467], Kottelat 2001:158 [ref. 25780], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:51 [ref. 26359], Yadav 2003:24 [ref. 27711], Ataur Rahman 2003:309 [ref. 31338], Tan & Lim 2004:111 [ref. 27716], Larson & Pidgeon 2004:197 [ref. 28107], Tan & Ng 2005:116 [ref. 28283], Parenti & Lim 2005:194 [ref. 28285], Shrestha 2008:226 [ref. 29923], Allen et al. 2008:197 [ref. 30265], Valis'eva & Vasil'ev 2012:664 [ref. 32477], Kottelat 2013:447 [ref. 32989], Kottelat 2015:48 [ref. 33971], Miesen et al. 2016:95 [ref. 34492], Zhang et al. 2016:208 [ref. 34477], Labatos 2017:5 [ref. 36239], Suresh et al. 2018:308 [ref. 36495], Sulaiman et al. 2018:37 [ref. 35802], Ng et al. 2019:534 [ref. 36606], Bandjolu et al. 2021:4 [ref. 38801], Fu et al. 2021:9573 [ref. 39347], Taki et al. 2021:402 [ref. 39830], Hasan et al. 2022:6035 [ref. 39888], Jamaluddin et al. 2022:[6] [ref. 39245], Shangningam & Kosygin 2022:61 [ref. 39587], Tudu et al. 2022:44 [ref. 40484], Ahmad et al. 2023:123 [ref. 41243], Chan et al. 2023:141 [ref. 40365], Jamandre 2023:159 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792). Anabantidae. Distribution: South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia: India and Sri Lanka to Indonesia, Philippines and China. Introduced widely elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

testudo, Lutjanus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:192, 235 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] Japan; Coromandel, India. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1981:39 [ref. 21549]. Unjustified emendation (on p. 235) of Anthias testudineus Bloch 1792; both spellings cited by Lacepède. •Synonym of Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792) -- (Menon 1999:297 [ref. 24904], Kottelat 2013:447 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792). Anabantidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

tongtruongensis, Anabas Nguyen [V. H.], Ngô [S. V.] & Nguyen [T. D. P.] 2015:88, Fig. 1 [Journal of Agriculture & Rural Development (Tap chik hoa hoc nong nghiep) Nr. 21; ref. 36503] Karst region, Ninh Hai, Hoa Lu district, Ninh Binh Province, Vietnam. Holotype: RIA1 NB.07.03.20.001. Paratypes: RIA1 NB.07.03.20.002-6 (5). •Valid as Anabas tongtruongensis Nguyen, Ngô & Nguyen 2015. •Synonym of Anabas variegatus Bleeker 1851 -- (Endruweit 2024:41 [ref. 41040]). •Synonym of Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792). Current status: Synonym of Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792). Anabantidae. Habitat: freshwater.

trifoliatus, Anabas Kaup [J. J.] 1860:124, Pl. 6 (fig. A) [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 26 (pt 1); ref. 18373] Java, Indonesia. No types known. •Synonym of Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792) -- (Kottelat 2013:447 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792). Anabantidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

variegatus, Anabas Bleeker [P.] 1851:220 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 2 (no. 2); ref. 330] Kema, northern Sulawesi, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Valid as Anabas variegatus Bleeker 1851 -- (Endruweit 2024:41 [ref. 41040]). •Synonym of Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792) -- (Kottelat 2013:447 [ref. 32989], Miesen et al. 2016:95 [ref. 34492]). Current status: Synonym of Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792). Anabantidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.