Four-eyed fish, found in the Amazon River delta of South America. The name four-eyed fish is actually a misnomer. It has only two eyes, but both are divided into aerial and aquatic parts. The two retinal regions of each eye, working in concert with two different curvatures of the eyeball above and below water to account for the difference in light refractivity for air and water, allow this amazing fish to see clearly above and below the water surface simultaneously.
Species: Four-eyed fish, Anableps anableps
Image ID: 09277
Four-eyed fish, found in the Amazon River delta of South America. The name four-eyed fish is actually a misnomer. It has only two eyes, but both are divided into aerial and aquatic parts. The two retinal regions of each eye, working in concert with two different curvatures of the eyeball above and below water to account for the difference in light refractivity for air and water, allow this amazing fish to see clearly above and below the water surface simultaneously.
Species: Four-eyed fish, Anableps anableps
Image ID: 09278
Four-eyed fish, found in the Amazon River delta of South America. The name four-eyed fish is actually a misnomer. It has only two eyes, but both are divided into aerial and aquatic parts. The two retinal regions of each eye, working in concert with two different curvatures of the eyeball above and below water to account for the difference in light refractivity for air and water, allow this amazing fish to see clearly above and below the water surface simultaneously.
Species: Four-eyed fish, Anableps anableps
Image ID: 09279
Four-eyed fish, found in the Amazon River delta of South America. The name four-eyed fish is actually a misnomer. It has only two eyes, but both are divided into aerial and aquatic parts. The two retinal regions of each eye, working in concert with two different curvatures of the eyeball above and below water to account for the difference in light refractivity for air and water, allow this amazing fish to see clearly above and below the water surface simultaneously.
Species: Four-eyed fish, Anableps anableps
Image ID: 09280
Four-eyed fish, found in the Amazon River delta of South America. The name four-eyed fish is actually a misnomer. It has only two eyes, but both are divided into aerial and aquatic parts. The two retinal regions of each eye, working in concert with two different curvatures of the eyeball above and below water to account for the difference in light refractivity for air and water, allow this amazing fish to see clearly above and below the water surface simultaneously.
Species: Four-eyed fish, Anableps anableps
Image ID: 09281
Four-eyed fish, found in the Amazon River delta of South America. The name four-eyed fish is actually a misnomer. It has only two eyes, but both are divided into aerial and aquatic parts. The two retinal regions of each eye, working in concert with two different curvatures of the eyeball above and below water to account for the difference in light refractivity for air and water, allow this amazing fish to see clearly above and below the water surface simultaneously.
Species: Four-eyed fish, Anableps anableps
Image ID: 09282
Bala shark, a freshwater fish native to the rivers of Thailand, Borneo and Sumatra, grows to about 14 inches long.
Species: Bala shark, Balantiocheilus melanopterus
Image ID: 09321
Bala shark, a freshwater fish native to the rivers of Thailand, Borneo and Sumatra, grows to about 14 inches long.
Species: Bala shark, Balantiocheilus melanopterus
Image ID: 09322
Bala shark, a freshwater fish native to the rivers of Thailand, Borneo and Sumatra, grows to about 14 inches long.
Species: Bala shark, Balantiocheilus melanopterus
Image ID: 09323
Bala shark, a freshwater fish native to the rivers of Thailand, Borneo and Sumatra, grows to about 14 inches long.
Species: Bala shark, Balantiocheilus melanopterus
Image ID: 09324
Black tetra, a freshwater fish native to the Paraguay and Guapore river basins in South America.
Species: Black tetra, Gymnocorymbus ternetzi
Image ID: 09328
African knifefish, a freshwater fish native to the river and coastal river basins of West Africa.
Species: African knifefish, Xenomystus nigri
Image ID: 09339