Anablepidae

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Anablepidae is a family of ray-finned fishes best known for the "four-eyed fish" that can simultaneously see above and below the water’s surface.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Anablepidae canonical 5
Anableps 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fish family ⓘ
ray-finned fish family ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
adaptation adapted to surface feeding ⓘ
belongsToClade Teleostei ⓘ
bodyShape elongated body ⓘ
class Actinopterygii ⓘ
commonName four-eyed fishes ⓘ
containsGenus Anableps ⓘ
linked to: Anablepidae

Jenynsia ⓘ
Oxyzygonectes ⓘ
diet omnivorous ⓘ
ectothermic true ⓘ
eyeAdaptation can see simultaneously above and below water surface ⓘ
eyeStructure partially divided eyes ⓘ
two pupils in each eye ⓘ
finType ray-finned ⓘ
firstDescribedBy Johann Jakob Kaup ⓘ
firstDescribedInYear 1853 ⓘ
geographicDistribution Central America ⓘ
South America ⓘ
habitat brackish water ⓘ
freshwater ⓘ
hasVertebralColumn true ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
namedAfter genus Anableps ⓘ
notableSpeciesGroup four-eyed fish (Anableps anableps and relatives) ⓘ
order Cyprinodontiformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproduction internal fertilization ⓘ
livebearing in many species ⓘ
respiration gills ⓘ
sensoryAdaptation differential focusing in aerial and aquatic vision ⓘ
swimmingLevel surface-dwelling ⓘ
taxonRank family ⓘ
typeGenus Anableps ⓘ
linked to: Anablepidae

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cyprinodontiformes → hasMember → Anablepidae ⓘ
Anablepidae → containsGenus → Anableps ⓘ
linked to: Anablepidae
Anablepidae → typeGenus → Anableps ⓘ
linked to: Anablepidae
Jenynsia → family → Anablepidae ⓘ
Oxyzygonectes → parentTaxon → Anablepidae ⓘ
Oxyzygonectes → family → Anablepidae ⓘ
Oxyzygonectes → belongsTo → Anablepidae ⓘ
Oxyzygonectes → hasCommonTraitWith → Anableps ⓘ
linked to: Anablepidae