Climbing Perch

Climbing Perch
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
or walking fish, member of the labyrinth fish family, adapted to living in oxygen-depleted water or on dry land. It is not related to the true perch.

Leopard climbing perch
Class: Actinopterygii
Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not Listed.
Meller's chameleon ...

Climbing Perch, Climbing Bass [ Pictures ]
Anabas testudineus
SYN : Amphiprionscansor, A. testudineus, Anabas elongatus, A macrocephalus, A. microcephalus, A. scandens, A. spinosus, A.

Lots of climbing perches and vines, whether natural or artificial, should be provided as it is off of these leaves that the chameleon will drink. No food dish is necessary, as the prey items are best left wandering around in the enclosure.

A rather more unusual means of terrestrial locomotion is shown by the Indian Climbing Perch (Anabas scandens), ...

See also: Perch, Labyrinth Fish, Coral, Catfish, Gourami