Largescale foureyes
📖 Overview
Mainly found in freshwater, sometimes in brackish parts of lagoons and mangrove coastlines . Moves in schools . Feeds on insects , other invertebrates and diatoms living on the mud, and small fishes . Can remain on mud bottom exposed to air during low tide . Used in eye research . Often travels in schools .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Eye divided into aerial and aquatic parts. Fewer than 80 scales in row above lateral line .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Largescale foureyes is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Largescale foureyes is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Length at birth 4.5 5.2 cm TL .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; brackish; demersal; non-migratory. Tropical; 24°C - 28°C South America: Trinidad and Venezuela to the Amazon delta in Brazil.
🌿 Ecology
insects (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Four-eyed · four-eyes · foureyed fish · largescale foureyes · Largescale foureyes, Four-eyes |
| 🇫🇷French | Quatre-yeux à grandes écailles |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Tralhoto |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anableps anableps | Meuschen | 1778 | Heterotypic |
| Anableps anonymus | — | — | Synonym |
| Anableps gronovii | Valenciennes | 1846 | Synonym |
| Anableps lineatus | Gronow | 1854 | Synonym |
| Anableps surinamensis | Lacepède | 1803 | Synonym |
| Anableps tetrophthalmus | Bloch | 1794 | Synonym |
| Cobitis anableps | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) — 99 records indexed .
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