Anabantiformes

The Anabantiformes are an order of freshwater ray-finned fish with two suborders, four families (Channidae, Anabantidae, Helostomatidae, and Osphronemidae) and having at least 207 species.[2], other authorities expand the order to include the suborder Nandoidei whch includes three families which appear to closely related to the Anabantiformes, the Nandidae, Badidae and Pristolepididae.[3] The order, and the three related families that the 5th edition of Fishes of the World classify as incertae sedis, are part of a monophyletic clade which is a sister clade to the Ovalentaria, the other orders in the clade being Synbranchiformes, Carangiformes, Istiophoriformes and Pleuronectiformes. This clade is sometimes referred to as the Carangaria but is left unnamed and unranked in Fishes of the World.[2] This group of fish are found in Asia and Africa, with some species introduced in United States of America.

Anabantiformes
Climbing Perch (Anabas testudineus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Percomorpha
Order: Anabantiformes
Britz, 1995
Suborders and Families[1]

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Synonyms

These fish are characterized by the presence of teeth on the parasphenoid.[2] The snakeheads and the anabantoids are united by the presence of the labyrinth organ, which is a much-folded suprabranchial accessory breathing organ. It is formed by vascularized expansion of the epibranchial bone of the first gill arch and used for respiration in air.[4][2]

Many species are popular as aquarium fish - the most notable are the Siamese fighting fish and several species of gouramies[4]. In addition to being aquarium fish, anabantiforms (such as the giant gourami[5]) are also harvested for food in their native countries. Other species of gouramies are also harvested for food.[4][6]

Taxonomy

There are two suborders and four families recognised with the order Anabantiformes:[2][7][8][3][1]

Alternative systematics

Phylogeny

Below shows the phylogenetic relationships among the anabantiform families after Collins et al. (2015):[3]

Anabantiformes
Nandoidei
 

Pristolepididae

 
 
 

Badidae

 
 

Nandidae

 
 
 
 
Channoidei
 

Channidae

 
 
Anabantoidei
 
 

Anabantidae

 
 
 

Helostomatidae

 
 

Osphronemidae

 
 
 
 
 
 

References
  1. R. Betancur-Rodriguez, E. Wiley, N. Bailly, A. Acero, M. Miya, G. Lecointre, G. Ortí: Phylogenetic Classification of Bony Fishes – Version 4 (2016)
  2. J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 390. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
  3. Collins, R.A.; Britz, R.; Rüber, L. (2015). "Phylogenetic systematics of leaffishes (Teleostei: Polycentridae, Nandidae)" (PDF). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 53 (4): 259–272. doi:10.1111/jzs.12103.
  4. Pinter, H. (1986). Labyrinth Fish. Barron's Educational Series, Inc., ISBN 0-8120-5635-3
  5. Chanphong, Jitkasem. (1995). Diseases of Giant Gourami, Osphronemus goramy (Lacepede) Archived January 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. The Aquatic Animal Health Research Institute Newsletter 4(1).
  6. Froese, R.; D. Pauly (eds.). "Trichogaster trichopterus". FishBase. Retrieved 2006-12-23.
  7. Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.
  8. Karel F. Liem (1963). The comparative osteology and phylogeny of the Anabantoidei (Teleostei, Pisces). Illinois biological monographs. 30. Urbana,University of Illinois Press,1963.
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