Overview
Family : Four-eyed fishes , onesided livebearers and white-eye; Mainly found in freshwater , sometimes in brackish parts of lagoons and mangrove coastlines[1]. Moves in schools[1]. Feeds on insects[2], other invertebrates and diatoms living on the mud , and small fishes[3]. Can remain on mud bottom exposed to air during low tide [1]. Used in eye research[4]. Often travels in schools[1].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Carib:
Kutaii
Common Names in Creole, French:
Grosj, Grosjé gran zécay, Grosjé vaz
Common Names in Creoles and Pidgins, English:
Kutali
Common Names in Creoles and Pidgins, French:
Grosjé gran zécay, Grosjé vaz
Common Names in Danish:
Almindelig Fir, Almindelig firøje
Common Names in Djuka:
Kutali
Common Names in English:
four-eyes, Foureye, Foureyed fish, Largescale foureyes, Star gazer, Striped foureyed fish
Common Names in Finnish:
Nelisilm, Nelisilmä
Common Names in French:
Quatre-Yeux , Quatre-yeux à grandes écailles
Common Names in Galibi:
Kutaii
Common Names in German:
Vierauge
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
四眼魚, 四眼鱼
Common Names in Palicur:
Kasiu
Common Names in Portuguese:
Quatro-olhos, Tariota, Tralhote, Tralhoto
Common Names in Spanish:
Cipotero escamoso
Common Names in Swedish:
Fyr, Fyrögonfisk
Description
Physical Description
Species Anableps anableps
Males are commonly 14 cm (Total Length) in length when caught/marketed, but may be as large as 30 cm (Total Length).
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 92 meters (0 to 302 feet).[5]
Biology
Migration
Non-migratory.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Cyprinodontiformes
()
- Berg, 1940
- Family:
Anablepidae
()
- Garman, 1895
- Subfamily:
Anablepinae
()
- Genus:
Anableps
()
- Scopoli, 1777
- Specific name:
anableps
- Scientific name: - Anableps anableps (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Specific name:
anableps
- Genus:
Anableps
(
- Subfamily:
Anablepinae
(
- Family:
Anablepidae
(
- Order:
Cyprinodontiformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Anableps anableps • Anableps anableps (Linnaeus, 1758) • Anableps anableps Meuschen, 1788 • Anableps gronovii Valenciennes • Anableps lineatus Gronow • Anableps surinamensis Lacepède • Anableps tetrophthalmus Bloch • Cobitis anableps Linnaeus • Cobitis anableps Linnaeus, 1756
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 26-May-2000
Similar Species
Members of the genus Anableps
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. anableps (Striped Foureyed Fish) · A. dowei (Northern Flashlightfish) · A. dowi (Pacific Foureyed Fish) · A. microlepis (Finescale Foureyed Fish) · A. tetrophthalmus (American Leg Skate)
More Info
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Further Reading
- ... The fishes of the Stanford expedition to Brazil, by Edwin Chapin Starks. .. with fifteen plates. .. Stanford, University, Cal., The University, 1913. url p. 39.
- Annals of the Carnegie Museum. [Pittsburgh]: Published by authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901- url p. 142, p. 548.
- Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. url p. 536.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 220.
- Catalogue and bibliography of the fresh water fishes of the Americas south of the Tropic of Cancer / by Carl H. Eigenmann. Lancaster, Pa.: Press of the New Era Printing Co., 1910. url p. 457.
- Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 183, p. 40, p. 674, p. 88.
- Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum. Pittsburgh: Published by the authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901-1936. url p. 455.
- Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. Cambridge [Mass.]: The Museum, 1876-1940. url , , p. 77.
- Occasional papers of the Natural History Museum, the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. 1996 Lawrence, Kan.: The University, 1994-1996. url p. 24.
- Our search for a wilderness: an account of two ornithological expeditions to Venezuela and to British Guiana. New York: Holt, 1910. url p. 14, p. 399.
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url , p. 130, p. 130, p. 439, p. 531, p. 531, p. 601.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 14 1891 Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 65, p. 663.
- Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the fiscal year. .. with appendixes Washington: G.P.O., 1914- url p. 194.
- Reports of the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899. J. B. Hatcher in charge. Edited by William B. Scott. Princeton, The University, 1901-32 [v. 1, 1903] url p. 457, p. 457, p. 457.
- Science. New York, N.Y.: [s.n.]1880- url p. 745.
- The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, url p. 363, p. 580, p. 90, p. 93, p. 96, p. 97.
- The Cyprinodonts / by S. Garman. 19 1895 Cambridge: Printed for the Museum, 1895. url descr. of plate vii , descr. of plate vi , p. 13, p. 77.
- The cyprinodonts. By S. Garman. .. Cambridge, Printed for the Museum, 1895. url , p. 13, p. 77.
- The freshwater fishes of British Guiana, including a study of the ecological grouping of species and the relation of the fauna of the plateau to that of the lowlands / by C.H. Eigenmann. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute, 1912. url p. 455, p. 455.
- The vertebrate eye and its adaptive radiation [by] Gordon Lynn Walls. Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Cranbrook Institute of Science, 1942 url p. 434.
- Zoologica; scientific contributions of the New York Zoological Society. New York. url p. 56, p. 70.
- Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Anatomie und Ontogenie der Tiere Jena [Germany]:G. Fischer, c -1993. url p. 46.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 19, 2007.
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 09, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 8 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 09, 2007:
- FishBase, FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Ichtyologie
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, MCZ Fish Collection
- Royal Ontario Museum, Fish specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 119804
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-32323
- Fishbase Species ID: 7379
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13527852
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 165866
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 101956
Footnotes
- Smith, C.L. (1997). National Audubon Society field guide to tropical marine fishes of the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. 720 p. [back]
- Mills, D. and G. Vevers (1989). The Tetra encyclopedia of freshwater tropical aquarium fishes. Tetra Press, New Jersey. 208 pp. [back]
- Keith, P., O.-Y. Le Bail and P. Planquette (2000). Atlas des poissons d'eau douce de Guyane (tome 2, fascicule I). Publications scientifiques du M.N.H.N, Paris, 286 p. [back]
- Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott (1991). World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. ( ... [back]
- Mean = 14.480 meters (47.507 feet), Standard Deviation = 50.590 based on 196 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
