Anablepidae

 ( Percomorpha Families ) 

Anablepidae is a family of which live in brackish and freshwater habitats from southern Mexico to southern South America.

There are three genus with sixteen species: the (genus Anableps), the onesided livebearers (genus Jenynsia) and the white-eye, Oxyzygonectes dovii. Fish of this family eat mostly and other .

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Reproduction Fish in the subfamily Oxyzygonectes are ovoviviparity. The Anablepinae are . They mate on one side only, right-"handed" males with left-"handed" females and vice versa. The male has specialized anal rays which are greatly elongated and fused into a tube called a gonopodium associated with the sperm duct which he uses as an penis to deliver sperm to the female.

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Subfamilies and genera The family is divided into two subfamilies and three genera:

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• Anablepinae Bonaparte, 1831
• Anableps Scopoli, 1777
• Jenynsia Günther, 1866
• Oxyzygonectinae Parenti, 1981
• Oxyzygonectes Fowler, 1916

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Other References

• Berra, Tim M. (2001). Freshwater Fish Distribution. San Diego: Academic Press.

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External links

• Anableps anableps

Categories: Percomorpha Families, Viviparous Fish, Freshwater Fish Of Central America, Freshwater Fish Of South America, Freshwater Fish Of Mexico, Marine Fauna Of North America, Marine Fauna Of South America, Taxa Named By Charles Lucien Bonaparte

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