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The four-eyed fish eye. 1.Underwater retina 2.Lens 3. Air pupil 4. Tissue band 5. Iris 6. Underwater pupil 7. Air retina 8. Optic nerve. The maximum length of four-eyed fishes is up to 32 cm TL in A. microlepis, making this species the largest in the order Cyprinodontiformes.
Anableps anableps, the largescale four-eyes, [3] is a species of four-eyed fish found in fresh and brackish waters of northern South America and Trinidad. This species grows to a length of 24.5 centimetres (9.6 in) standard length (SL). This fish can occasionally be found in the aquarium trade. The fish does not actually have four eyes.
Anablepidae is a family of ray-finned fishes which live in brackish and freshwater habitats from southern Mexico to southern South America. [2] There are three genera with sixteen species: the four-eyed fishes (genus Anableps), the onesided livebearers (genus Jenynsia) and the white-eye, Oxyzygonectes dovii.
Once the “large” fish was caught from the Jutaí River, it was kept at the Natural History Museum in London where it remained as an unidentified species. ... Four-eyed creature with ...
The finescaled four-eyed fish (Anableps microlepis) is a species of four-eyed fish found in coastal waters of the Atlantic Ocean from Trinidad and Tobago down to southeastern Brazil. [3] [4] [5] They mostly inhabit brackish environments such as estuaries, mangrove swamps, and tidal mudflats. It grows to approximately 30 cm (12 in) in length. [3 ...
32 types of saltwater fish for your aquarium. A saltwater aquarium is an exotic and striking addition to the home. But more than a striking piece of furniture, it’s a living habitat that is both ...
Fire-eyed snakehead fish have so far only been found in the Kra Buri River along the Myanmar-Thailand border, the study said. A video shared on YouTube by Michael John Phillips shows the Kra Buri ...
Four-eyed fish have eyes raised above the top of the head and divided in two different parts, so that they can see below and above the water surface at the same time. Four-eyed fish actually have only two eyes, but their eyes are specially adapted for their surface-dwelling lifestyle.