An alternative or variant spelling of anabas, referring to the climbing perch fish of tropical Asia.
From Sanskrit 'anabhas' through variant transliterations used in 18th-century European natural history texts. Different scholars Romanized the Sanskrit term differently, creating spelling variations that persisted in older scientific literature.
The spelling 'anabasse' shows how European naturalists struggled to transliterate Asian languages—scientists couldn't agree on how to write the Sanskrit word, creating confusion that lasted for centuries in natural history texts.
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