Monday, April 14, 2008

The ETCHING FISH


The etching was the name of a kind of fish that generally the wild life in tasteless waters. This fish was also known with several other names like bethok or bethik (Jw.), puyu (Mly.) or pepuyuk (the Series language). In English was known as climbing gouramy or climbing perch, referred in his capacity was climbing to the mainland. His scientific name was Anabas estudineus. The fish that generally measuring small, long through to around 25 cm, but most smaller. The head is big and scaly hard stiff. The side on the body (dorsal) dark blackness was rather brownish or greenness. The side samping (lateral) yellowish, especially on the side low, with dark lines melintang that was vague and was not uniform. A black spot (occasionally unclear appeared) was received on the end behind closed gills. The side behind closed serrated gills sharply like the thorn. This fish preyed on various insects and measuring water animals small. This fish had the labyrinth organ (labyrinth the organ) in his head, that enabled that.

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