The Four-Eyed Fish, Anableps anableps is an unusual South American livebearer. This unique fish may not really have 4 eyes, but it might as well!
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Common Name(s): Anableps, Four-Eyed Fish, Largescale Foureyes
Family: Anablepidae
Species Type: Livebearers ...
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.
The Anablepidae or Four-eyed fish family is made up of three species that inhabit brackish water river estuaries Central and South America.
The latter group occur in the Superfamily Peocilioidea; there are two Families, the Anablepidae (Four-eyed Fish and relatives) and the Poeciliidae (commonly, the Poeciliids).
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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.
The latter suborder comprises cyprinodontidae (egg-laying killifish), goodeidae (mexican livebearers), jenynsiidae (jenynsiids), anablepidae (four-eyed fish), poeciliidae (livebearers).
the coast of South America or the east coast of Central America to a wholesaler and then to our pet store. They don't travel very well and were abnormally dark in colour, obvioiusly stressed, but alive. These live-bearers are called "Four-eyed fish" ...
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