English Dictionary

anableps

noun

Any of the genus Anableps of "four-eyed" fishes (having eyes raised above the top of the head and divided into two parts) found in brackish waters in northern South America and Trinidad.

The anableps is a unique fish with eyes that can see above and below the water's surface.

意味（1）

Any of the genus Anableps of "four-eyed" fishes (having eyes raised above the top of the head and divided into two parts) found in brackish waters in northern South America and Trinidad.

The most striking example is a family of small fish living in tropical American waters called the Poeciliidae among whom guppies, mosquito fish and the four-eyed anableps are best known.