Family : Anabantidae (Climbing gouramies)
Order : Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Gangetic koi
Fish Name : Anabas cobojius
Max size : 30.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 41236)
Environment : benthopelagic
Climate : tropical; 22 - 28°C
Global Importance : fisheries: commercial
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Fec=10,750-89,991)Distribution : Asia: India and Bangladesh.
Diagnosis :
Biology : Found in lakes, ponds, ditches and paddy fields. Able to live out of water for protracted period
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran. 1991. (Ref. 4833)

India country information
Common Names : Gangetic koi
Status : native
Salinity : freshwater, brackish
Uses : no uses