Anablepidae Bonaparte 1831

Angulo, Arturo, Betts, Joel T., González-Alemán, Néstor J., Castañeda, Edgar, Berghe, Eric Van Den, Elías, Diego J., Mcmahan, Caleb D. & Matamoros, Wilfredo A., 2023, Continental fishes of Nicaragua: diversity, distribution and conservation status; with an annotated and illustrated checklist of species and an identification guide to families, Zootaxa 5376 (1), pp. 1-89 : 64

Family Anablepidae Bonaparte 1831 ( Fig. 4H ). Four-Eyed Fishes, Four Eyes, White-Eyes, One-Sided Livebearers; Cuatro Ojos, Ojos Blancos

Description: Body elongate; up to 32 cm in length; predorsal profile straight; head depressed at front; mouth protractile; eye horizontally divided (in Anableps ), raised above top of head; fins without spines; pectoral fin low on side; pelvic fins on the abdomen, distinctly behind tip of pectoral fin; dorsal fin short, with 7–10 rays, far back on body, well behind the anal fin ( Robertson & Allen 2015, Nelson et al. 2016). Distribution: Freshwater and brackish, rarely coastal marine; southern Mexico to southern South America (Nelson et al. 2016). Two genera and two species in Nicaraguan freshwaters.

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FIGURE 4. Families of continental fishes of Nicaragua, part 3; Achiridae (A), Carangidae (B), Cichlidae (C), Pomacentridae (D), Atherinopsidae (E), Rivulidae (F), Poeciliidae (G), Anablepidae (H), Belonidae (I), Hemiramphidae (J), Mugilidae (K), Gobiesocidae (L), Dactyloscopidae (M) and Lutjanidae (N). Illustrations adapted (with permission) from Nelson et al. (2016) and Angulo et al. (2021).