Climbing perch, Anabas testudineus (Anabas scandens) 1, snakehead murrel, Channa striata, (Ophiocephalus striatus) 3. Ear labyrinth of the perch 1a, and giant gourami, Osphronemus goramy (Osphromenus olfax) 2. Handcolored engraving by Sebin after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d'Orbigny's "Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle" (Universal Dictionary of Natural History), Paris, 1849.

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