Description

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Eye divided into aerial and aquatic parts. Fewer than 80 scales in row above lateral line (Ref. 26938).

Common Names

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Grosjé gran zécay , Creole, French , French Guiana

Grosjé vaz , Creole, French , French Guiana

Almindelig firøje , Danish , Denmark

Kutali , Djuka , French Guiana

Four-eyes , English , USA

Foureye , English , Guyana

Foureye , English , Trinidad Tobago

Foureyed fish , English , Guyana

Largescale foureyes , English , Global

Star gazer , English , Trinidad Tobago

Striped foureyed fish , English , USA

Harilik neliksilm , Estonian , Estonia

Neliksilm , Estonian , Estonia

Nelisilmä , Finnish , Finland

Quatre-yeux à grandes écailles , French , France

Quatre-yeux à grandes écailles , French , Global

Kutaii , Galibi , French Guiana

Vierauge , German , Germany

四眼魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

四眼鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Kasiu , Palicur , French Guiana

Quatro-olhos , Portuguese , Brazil

Tariota , Portuguese , Brazil

Tralhote , Portuguese , Brazil

Tralhoto , Portuguese , Brazil

Štiriočka , Slovene , Slovenia

Cipotero escamoso , Spanish , Spain

Cipotero escamoso , Spanish , Venezuela

Fyrögonfisk , Swedish , Sweden

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cyprinodontiformes

Family: Anablepidae

Genus: Anableps

Species: Anableps anableps (Linnaeus, 1758)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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South America: Trinidad and Venezuela to the Amazon delta in Brazil.

Biology

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Mainly found in freshwater, sometimes in brackish parts of lagoons and mangrove coastlines (Ref. 26938). Moves in schools (Ref. 26938). Feeds on insects (Ref. 7020), other invertebrates and diatoms living on the mud, and small fishes (Ref. 35237). Can remain on mud bottom exposed to air during low tide (Ref. 26938). Used in eye research (Ref. 4537). Often travels in schools (Ref. 26938).

Habitat

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brackish