Largescale foureyes
Anableps anableps
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The four-eyed fish has each eye divided in two: one half sees above the waterline and the other below, as it swims at the surface. It lives in schools in estuaries, lagoons and mangroves of the northern South American coast, from Trinidad to Brazil. It is a livebearer.
- Scientific name
- Anableps anableps
- Family
- Anablepidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Anablepidae
- Order
- Cyprinodontiformes
- Synonyms
- Anableps gronovii, Anableps lineatus, Anableps surinamensis, Anableps tetrophthalmus, Cobitis anableps
Origin
- Native region
- América do Sul, América do Norte
Water
- Temperature
- 25–31 °C
- pH
- 7.5–9
- General hardness (GH)
- 15–35 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 26 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 304 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 150 cm
Behavior
- Social life
- School
- Swimming level
- Bottom
- Diet
- Carnivore
Care
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Livebearer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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