Editing Climbing gourami (section)

==Genera==
There are four extant [[Genus|genera]] within the family Anabantidae:<ref name = FBF/>

* ''[[Anabas]]'' <small>[[Hippolyte Cloquet|Cloquet]], 1816</small>
* ''[[Ctenopoma]]'' <small>[[Wilhelm Peters|Peters]], 1844</small>
* ''[[Microctenopoma]]'' <small>[[Steven Mark Norris|Norris]], 1995</small>
* ''[[Sandelia]]'' <small>([[Francis de Laporte de Castelnau|Castelnau]], 1861)</small>

There is also at least one extinct genus known:<ref name = Eoanabas>{{cite journal | title = Fossil climbing perch and associated plant megafossils indicate a warm and wet central Tibet during the late Oligocene | author1 = Feixiang Wu | author2 = Desui Miao | author3 = Mee-mann Chang | author4 = Gongle Shi | author5 = Ning Wang | name-list-style = amp | year = 2017 | journal = Scientific Reports | volume = 7 | issue = 878 | pages = 878 | doi = 10.1038/s41598-017-00928-9| pmid = 28408764 | pmc = 5429824 }}</ref>

* †''[[Eoanabas]]'' <small>Wu, Chang, Miao ''et al'', 2016</small>

Of the four genera, ''[[Anabas]]'' are the only climbing gouramies found in [[South Asia]]. They are widely distributed and are found in countries including [[Pakistan]], [[India]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Sri Lanka]], and [[China]]. Climbing gouramies have distinct names in numerous South Asian languages. In [[Tamil language|Tamil]], they are பனையேறி கெண்டை (''panaieri kendai''); in [[Malayalam]], ''chemballi''; in [[Odia language|Odia]], they are କଉ ମାଛ (''kau''); in [[Assamese language|Assamese]] they are কাৱৈ মাছ (''kawoi maas''); in [[Bengali language|Bengali]], they are কই মাছ (''koi mach'').

The remaining three genera are endemic to [[Africa]]: ''Ctenopoma'' and ''Microctenopoma'' are primarily found in the [[Congo Basin]], whereas ''Sandelia'' are endemic to the [[Eastern Cape|Eastern]] and [[Western Cape]]s of [[South Africa]]. Anabantidae are primarily [[freshwater fish]] and only very rarely are found in [[brackish]] water. Parental care is varied; ''Anabas'' and ''Ctenopoma'' do not tend their [[Egg (biology)|eggs]], ''Microctenopoma'' species produce [[Bubble nest|bubble nests]] like many other [[labyrinth fish]], and ''Sandelia'' lays their eggs on the substrate.

Climbing gouramis are so named due to their ability to "climb" out of water and "walk" short distances. Even though it has not been reliably observed, some authors have mentioned about them having a tree climbing ability.{{Citation needed|reason=What authors?|date=June 2018}} Their method of terrestrial locomotion uses the gill plates as supports, and the fish pushes itself using its fins and tail.