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Anablepidae
Four-eyed fishes, or Anablepidae, are a small group of freshwater and
brackish water fishes living on river estuaries in Central and South America. They are unique in having eyes raised
above top of head and divided in two different parts, so that they can see below and above the water surface at the same time.
They also bear live young, and curiously can/do only mate on one side, right-"handed" males with left-"handed" females and vice
versa [1]. There
are three genera and nine species.
See also
External links
Anablepidae on Wikipedia... |
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| A Neotropical Companion
by Mark Plotkin and John Kricher (16 August, 1999) - Princeton University Press
page202
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... Lepzdonren lungfish (50 cm, Dipnoi), (C) Anableps fourevefish (15 cm, Anablepidae); (D) Osteoglossum (50 cm, Osteoglossidae); (E) Electrophorus electric eel (60 ...
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| Fishes of the World
by Joseph S. Nelson (27 February, 2006) - Wiley
page283
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... Fundulidae, and two viviparous goodeid genera, Crenichthys and Empetrichthys), Goodeidae, Anablepidae, Jenynsiidae, and Poeciliidae. In a detailed anatomical study and cladistic ...
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| Aquarium Fishes of the World
by Herbert Axelrod (September, 1998) - TFH Publications
page25
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... Doradidae, Amblydoras Goodeidae, Ameca Amiidae, Amia Terapontidae, Amniataba Anabantidae, Anabas Anablepidae, Anableps Loricariidae, Ancistrus Curimatidae, Anostomus Cyprinodontidae, Aphanius Aphredoderidae, Aphredoderus Characidae, ...
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| The Diversity of Fishes
by Gene S. Helfman, Bruce B. Collette, and Douglas E. Facey (August, 1997) - Blackwell Science
page73
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... The eyes of the surface-dwelling South American "four-eyed fish," Anableps ( Anablepidae), are adapted to permit simultaneous vision above and below the ...
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| The Everything Tropical Fish Book
by Carlo Devito, Gregory Skomal, Gregory Skokal, and Greg Skomal (01 July, 2000) - Adams Media Corporation
page176
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... and strains of each. The live-bearers include four major families, Anablepidae, Goodeidae, Hemirhamphidae, Poeciliidae, that are kept in captivity. These are ...
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