Anableps Anableps

Anableps anableps, (Linnaeus, 1756)
Common name

Origin: Coastal areas in Northern South-America and middle America. The fish can be found in fresh and brackish water.

Anableps anableps - Part 1 - Eyes Explained
By Tom and Pat Bridges
First published in "The Scat" - St. Catherine's Aquarium Society, Canada. October1999
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Anableps (Anableps anableps)
Blue Tailed Goodea (Ataeniobius toweri)
Guppy (Poecilia reticulata)
Molly (Poecilia sphenops)
Platy (Xiphophorus maculatus)
Polka-dot Livebearer (Chapalichthys pardalis)
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The Four-Eyed Fish Anableps anableps, is truly an amazing creature. The pupil in each eye is horizontally divided into 2 parts, allowing it to be able to see clearly below and above the water.

Anableps anableps
SYN : Anablepsanonymus, A. gronovii, A. lineatus, A. surinamensis, A. tetrophthalmus, Cobitis anableps
PD : The body is long and cylindrical, while the head is flat with protruding eyes.

Further into the same exhibit is dedicated to some of the odder species of the rainforest, such as the four-eyed fish, the Anableps (Anableps anableps) of Mexico.

Other types of livebearer such as the four-eyed fish (Anableps anableps) are kept because of their slightly odd appearance which can be appealing to more experienced aquarist who are looking for something a bit different.

Other livebearing species kept by aquarists, though far less commonly than the Poeciliidae are the splitfins, family Goodeidae; the halfbeaks, family Hemirhamphidae; and the four-eyed fish Anableps anableps, family Anablepidae.

See also: Fish, Water, Four-Eyed Fish, Species, Family