Species: Anableps microlepis, Finescale Four-eyes

Anableps microlepis Müller & Troschel, 1844

Finescale Four-eyes

Body elongate, rounded at front, compressed at rear; head depressed at front, pointed in side view; eye horizontally divided, raised above of head, with 2 pupils; space between eyes </= eye diameter; mouth protractile, at top front, upper jaw longer; teeth simple; nostrils tubular; gill membranes joined under throat (but not fused) to throat; fins without spines; dorsal fin short (7-10), far back on body, well behind anal fin; pectoral fin low on side; pelvic fins on the abdomen, distinctly behind tip of pectoral fin; fertilization internal, male sex organ is formed by first three anal fin rays; scales small, 76-83 in lateral series (corner of the operculum to the base of the tail fin).

Upper 3/4 of body and upper ½ of head red-brown, lower parts whitish; ~6 narrow dark brown stripes along body; fins pale.

Size: reaches 32 cm.

Habitat: lives at the surface layer.

Habitat freshwater, and, in mangrove areas at the mouths of rivers.

Depth: 0-5 m.

Trinidad and the Orinoco delta to the Amazon delta.