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Four eyed fish

Anableps anableps


Where is it found?

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Marine and brackish water

Diet and foraging method

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Hunt their prey in the muddy sediment
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Key adaptations

The four-eyed fish is well adapted to living at the water's surface, as their eyes are each divided in half into an upper and lower section. This allows them to see above water with the upper half of their eyes, and below the surface with the lower parts, so they can simultaneously look out for prey and predators. 

Social organisation

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Travel in schools

Did you know that...?

The four-eyed fish can see above and below the water at the same time, as the bottom half of their eyes has a thicker lens for seeing through water, and the top half has a thinner lens for seeing through air!

Taxonomy

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Picture credits:

Maps from: http://species.mol.org/species/
"Anableps anableps 01" by H. Zell - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anableps_anableps_01.jpg#/media/File:Anableps_anableps_01.jpg
"Anableps anableps qtl1" by Quartl - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anableps_anableps_qtl1.jpg#/media/File:Anableps_anableps_qtl1.jpg
"Anableps anableps2" by Unknown - Reptiles, amphibia, fishes and lower chordata. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anableps_anableps2.jpg#/media/File:Anableps_anableps2.jpg

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