FreshwaterBrackish
Largescale foureyes
Anableps anableps
Anablepidae, Anablepinae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 30 cm
- Body shape
- Elongated
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 648 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
Mainly found in freshwater, sometimes in brackish parts of lagoons and mangrove coastlines. Moves in schools. Feeds on insects, other invertebrates and diatoms living on the mud, and small fishes. Can remain on mud bottom exposed to air during low tide. Used in eye research. Often travels in schools.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Anableps gronovii
- Anableps lineatus
- Anableps surinamensis
- Anableps tetrophthalmus
- Cobitis anableps
In other languages
- Fyrögonfisk
- Almindelig firøje
- Nelisilmä
- Four-eyes, Foureye, Foureyed fish, Star gazer, Striped foureyed fish
Articles
All articles
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How to add new fish4 min read
From the store to the tank: how to get the fish used to your water, why you should add only a few at a time, and what to watch for in the first few days.
Quarantine for new fish3 min read
Why new fish should live in a tank of their own for a few weeks before they move in, what you need, and what to look for.