The Anabantoidei are a suborder of anabantiform ray-finned freshwater fish distinguished by their possession of a lung-like labyrinth organ, which enables them to breathe air. The fish in the Anabantoidei suborder are known as anabantoids or labyrinth fish, or colloquially as gouramies. Some labyrinth fish are important food fish, and many others, such as the Siamese fighting fish and paradise fish, are popular as aquarium fish.
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The Anabantoidei are a suborder of anabantiform ray-finned freshwater fish distinguished by their possession of a lung-like labyrinth organ, which enables...
Gunnell, G F.; Ciochon, R L. (2015-03-04). "A fossil gourami (Teleostei, Anabantoidei) from probable Eocene deposits of the Ombilin Basin, Sumatra, Indonesia"...
families currently recognized within the order Anabantiformes: suborder Anabantoidei Berg, 1940 family Anabantidae Bonaparte, 1831 Anabas (Cloquet, 1816)...
Vittata, T. Schalleri, And T. Pumila; Anabantoidei) And The Paradise Fish (Macropodus Opercularis; Anabantoidei)." Aggressive Behavior 22.6 (1996): 447–455...
their special labyrinth organ, a characteristic unique to the suborder Anabantoidei that allows for the intake of surface air. In addition to its worldwide...
swamps in Africa, and is known to hunt beetles on land. Labyrinth fish (Anabantoidei). This suborder of fish also use a labyrinth organ to breathe air. Some...
hovering motionless at the water surface. Like all members of the suborder Anabantoidei, the croaking gourami can breathe atmospheric oxygen from above the water...
breathing organ and a defining characteristic of fish in the suborder Anabantoidei. It is formed by vascularized expansion of the epibranchial bone of the...
seen in some species, such as the frilled shark. The labyrinth organ of Anabantoidei and Clariidae is used to allow the fish to extract oxygen from the air...
267–303 Tan, H. H.; Ng, P. K. L. (2005). "The Labyrinth Fishes (Teleostei: Anabantoidei, Channoidei) of Sumatra, Indonesia". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology...
Sphaerichthys vaillanti, known as Vaillant's chocolate gourami, Samurai gourami, or Samurai zebra gourami , is a species of gourami. It is native to Asia...
Aswan; G. F. Gunnell; R. L. Ciochon (2015). "A fossil gourami (Teleostei, Anabantoidei) from probable Eocene deposits of the Ombilin Basin, Sumatra, Indonesia"...
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