Word: acanthopterygian
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...zoologists say that Anabas Scandens, a species of acanthopterygian (having-spines-in-the-fins) fishes of the family Anabantidae, is popularly known as the climbing fish, because it actually does climb trees to a height of six or seven feet. Its habitat is India and the East Indies. It is about six inches long and has a peculiar spiny covering on its gills which enables it to retain water in the interstices. Thus it can live a long time out of water, travel on dry land for a long distance and can catch on to the bark of trees...