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THE aquarium of the Zoological Society's Gardens in Regent's Park has lately received a contribution of five specimens of the “Climbing Perch” (Anabas scandens). They were very kindly obtained for me by my friend, Mr. A. Ferguson, of Colombo, Ceylon, and were brought home in excellent condition by my brother, Mr. A. F. Dobson. Mr. Ferguson (who is so well known in Ceylon as a naturalist of great experience) kept the fish for some months in an aquarium, and trained them to take chopped meat from the hand, so that they were in the best possible condition for their long journey.
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DOBSON, G. The Climbing Perch. Nature 20, 169 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/020169d0
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