Description

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Common Names

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Vestamerikansk firøje , Danish , Denmark

Northern four-eye , English , Mexico

Pacific foureyed fish , English , USA

Isonelisilmä , Finnish , Finland

Dows Vierauge , German , Germany

道氏四眼魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

道氏四眼鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Chetyrekhglazka , Russian , Russia

Cuatrojos , Spanish , Mexico

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cyprinodontiformes

Family: Anablepidae

Genus: Anableps

Species: Anableps dowii Gill, 1861

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Central America: Pacific drainages, from southern Mexico to Nicaragua.

Biology

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Occurs in fresh water to full salinity coastal lagoons. Used in eye research.

Habitat

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freshwater