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Anableps dowei in Mexico
Pacific foureyed fish

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Anableps dowei   Gill, 1861
Family:	Anablepidae (Four-eyed fishes, onesided livebearers & white-eye) , subfamily: Anablepinae			picture (Andow_u0.jpg) by Matamoros, W.A.
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes  (rivulines, killifishes and live bearers)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Pacific foureyed fish
Max. size:	22.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 2059); 34 cm TL (female)
Environment:	demersal
Climate:	tropical; 24 - 28°C
Global Importance:	aquarium: commercial
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Central America: Pacific drainages, from southern Mexico to Nicaragua.
Biology:	Occurs in fresh water to full salinity coastal lagoons. Used in eye research
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:	Ghedotti, Michael J.
Main Ref:	Ghedotti, M.J.. 1998. (Ref. 33161)
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Mexico country information
Common names:	Cuatrojos, Northern four-eye		Ref:  Nelson, J.S., E.J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L.T. Findley, C.R. Gilbert, R.N. Lea and J.D. Williams, 2004
Status:	native		Ref:  Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish, marine
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Found in fresh water and full salinity coastal lagoons (Ref. 4537).
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/mx.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Ghedotti, M.J., 1998
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	Modified:  Garilao, Cristina V.	Entered:  Capuli, Estelita Emily

	Ref.:				Glossary
		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. cephalopods)
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