Anabas testudineus (Bloch, 1792)

Freshwater, Brackish, Fishery, Commercial, Threatened

Guards eggs at the surface of hypoxic waters .

Potamodromous. Migrating within streams, migratory in rivers, e.g. Saliminus, Moxostoma, Labeo. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.

Found mostly in canals, lakes, ponds, swamps and estuaries . Occurs in medium to large rivers, brooks, flooded fields and stagnant water bodies including sluggish flowing canals . Often found in areas with dense vegetation . Can tolerate extremely unfavorable water conditions and is associated mainly with turbid, stagnant waters . Remains buried under the mud during dry season . Feeds on macrophytic vegetation, shrimps and fish fry . Reported to undertake lateral migration from the Mekong mainstream, or other permanent water bodies, to flooded areas during the flood season and return to the permanent water bodies at the onset of the dry season . During the dry season, it stays in pools associated with submerged woods and shrubs . Possesses an accessory air-breathing organ . Able to survive for several days or weeks out of water if the air breathing organs can be kept moist ; uses its highly mobile suboperculum and strong fins spines to pull itself over land to move between bodies of water .

Allocreadium Infestation 6. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ; Anchor worm Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ; Camallanus Infection 1. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ; Camallanus Infection 8. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ; Centrocestus Infestation 2. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ; Contracaecum Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ; Dactylogyrus Gill Flukes Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ; Gnathostoma Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ; Lernaea Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ; Neopecoelina Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ; Paragendria Infestation 2. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ; ; ; ; ;

Floodplain wetlands, ditches, small rivulet channels, ponds and brackish waters

Habitat demersal; potamodromous ; freshwater; brackish; depth range 0 - ? m

IUCN Redlist Category: Data Deficient

Not Evaluated IUCN 2006

fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; aquarium: commercial