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Definition of Climbing perch
1. Noun. A small perch of India whose gills are modified to allow it to breathe air; has spiny pectoral fins that enable it to travel on land.
Generic synonyms: Fish
Group relationships: Anabas, Genus Anabas
Lexicographical Neighbors of Climbing Perch
Literary usage of Climbing perch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Organic Evolution: A Text Book by Richard Swann Lull (1917)
"The swim-bladder, on the other hand, is entirely absent in the two groups known
as cyclostomes and elasmobranchs and, as we FIG. 137.—climbing perch, Anabas ..."
2. Orr's Circle of the Sciences: A Series of Treatires on the Principles of by Richard Owen, Wm S Orr, John Radford Young, Alexander Jardine, Robert Gordon Latham, Edward Smith, William Sweetland Dallas (1855)
"... the remarkable habits attributed to one member of which has obtained for it
the name of the climbing perch. ..."
3. The Land of the Permauls, Or, Cochin, Its Past and Its Present by Francis Day (1863)
"... and mode of cure—Lancet fish climbing perch—Walking lish —Legend of fish—Tame
ones in river—Sardines—Sharks—Saw fish, its extraordinary eye—accidents ..."
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