Anableps anableps

Anableps anableps, the largescale four-eyed fish 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 32 centimetres (13 in) TL. This fish can be found in the aquarium trade. The fish does not actually have four eyes, but instead each eye is split into two lobes by a horizontal band of tissue, with each lobe having its own pupil and separate vision. This allows the fish to see under and above the surface of the water at the same time.[1]

Largescale four-eyed fish at Hellabrunn Zoo

Anableps anableps
at Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Anablepidae
Genus: Anableps
Species:
A. anableps
Binomial name
Anableps anableps
Synonyms[1]
  • Cobitis anableps Linnaeus, 1758
  • Anableps anableps Meuschen, 1778
  • Anableps tetrophthalmus Bloch, 1794
  • Anableps surinamensis Lacepède, 1803
  • Anableps gronovii Valenciennes, 1846
  • Anableps lineatus Gronow, 1854

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Anableps anableps" in FishBase. August 2019 version.


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