FreshwaterBrackish
Foureyes
Anableps microlepis
Anablepidae, Anablepinae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 32 cm
- Body shape
- Elongated
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 786 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
Native
Lives wild in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, and Venezuela.
More about the species
Description
Gregarious but occurs in more restricted schools of about a dozen individuals. May occur singly or as a couple. Mainly found in freshwater and brackish estuaries near river mouths. Occasionally marketed in the aquarium trade. Used in eye research because of its divided cornea which projects two images on the retina.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Anableps coarctatus
- Anableps elongatus
In other languages
- Småskællet firøje
- Juovanelisilmä
- Finescale foureyed fish, Foureye
Articles
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