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Anableps microlepis in French Guiana
Foureyes

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Anableps microlepis   Müller & Troschel, 1844
Family:	Anablepidae (Four-eyed fishes, onesided livebearers & white-eye) , subfamily: Anablepinae			picture (Anmic_u2.jpg) by Hippocampus-Bildarchiv
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes  (rivulines, killifishes and live bearers)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Foureyes
Max. size:	32.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 35237); max. published weight: 500 g (Ref. 35237)
Environment:	demersal; non-migratory
Climate:	tropical; 13°N - 35°S
Global Importance:	fisheries: subsistence fisheries; aquarium: commercial
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Central and South America: Trinidad and Venezuela to the Amazon delta in Brazil.
Biology:	Gregarious but occurs in more restricted schools of about a dozen individuals. May occur singly or as a couple (Ref. 35237). Mainly found in freshwater (Ref. 9589) and brackish estuaries near river mouths (Ref. 5217). Occasionally marketed in the aquarium trade (Ref. 9589). Used in eye research because of its divided cornea which projects two images on the retina (Ref. 35237)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:	Ghedotti, Michael J.
Main Ref:	Cervigón, F., R. Cipriani, W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, M. Hendrickx, A.J. Lemus, R. Márquez, J.M. Poutiers, G. Robaina and B. Rodriguez. 1992. (Ref. 5217)
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French Guiana country information
Common names:	Grosjé sab, Grosjé ti zecay, Kasiu, Kutaii, Kutali		Ref:  Keith, P., P.-Y. Le Bail and P. Planquette, 2000
Status:	native		Ref:  Cervigón, F., R. Cipriani, W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, M. Hendrickx, A.J. Lemus, R. Márquez, J.M. Poutiers, G. Robaina and B. Rodriguez, 1992
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Collected from the mouths of river Cayenne and Oyapock although it probably occurs along the whole coastal zone (Ref. 35237).
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/fg.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Keith, P., P.-Y. Le Bail and P. Planquette, 2000
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	Modified:  Sa-a, Pascualita	Entered:  Garilao, Cristina V.

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