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Pacific Foureyed Fish

Anableps dowii

Classification

Anableps dowii, the Pacific four-eyed fish or the cuatrojos, is a species of four-eyed fish native to the coastal waters on the Pacific side of southern Mexico to Nicaragua. This fish is gregarious and inhabits mangrove swamps, tidal mudflats, and other coastal brackish ecosystems. This species has female biased sexual dimorphism, with males growing to 22 cm (8.

Distribution

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