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white-eye

Oxyzygonectes dovii

Anablepidae is a family of ray-finned fishes which live in brackish and freshwater habitats from southern Mexico to southern South America. There are three genera with sixteen species: the four-eyed fishes (genus Anableps), the onesided livebearers (genus Jenynsia) and the white-eye, Oxyzygonectes dovii.

Overview

Anablepidae is a family of ray-finned fishes which live in brackish and freshwater habitats from southern Mexico to southern South America. There are three genera with sixteen species: the four-eyed fishes (genus Anableps), the onesided livebearers (genus Jenynsia) and the white-eye, Oxyzygonectes dovii. Fish of this family eat mostly insects and other invertebrates.

Habitat & distribution

Habitats

FreshwaterBrackish Water

Video

Zosterops tenuirostris strenuus Gould, 1855Credit: Gould, 1855 · CC BY-SA 3.0Source ↗

Sounds

Call of Oriental White-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus)Gypsypkd · Public domain

References

  1. GBIF Auto Sync GBIF
  2. WoRMS / Aphia World Register of Marine Species
  3. Wikipedia — Anablepidae Wikipedia

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