DOI: 10.14798/73.3.838
Short communication, Note
THREATENED FISHES OF THE WORLD: Anabas testudineus (Bloch, 1792) (Perciformes: Anabantidae)
2015, 73 (3) p. 128-131
Md. Yeamin Hossain, Md. Alomgir Hossen, Md. Nasir Uddin Pramanik, Zoarder Faruque Ahmed, Khairun Yahya, Md. Mosaddequr Rahman, Jun Ohtomi
Abstract
Climbing perch Anabas testudineus is commercially important fish in Asian countries, mostly in Bangladesh, China, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Also, it is used as valuable food fish in different countries of the world. Nevertheless, its natural populations are seriously declining due to heavy harvest, habitat destruction and other ecological changes to its habitat. This paper recommends actions for the conservation of the long-lasting isolated populations of A. testudineus in Asian countries.
Keywords
anabas testudineus, climbing perch, vulnerable threatened, asia