ANABLEPS. ANABLEPS. 



Generic Character. 



Caput subdepressum. Os 

 terminale. Denies parvi 

 in maxiliis. 



Oculi protuberantes pupillis 

 geminatis. 



Membr. branch, radiis sex. 



Head subdepressed. Mouth 

 terminal. Teeth small, 

 on the jaws. 



Eyes protuberant, with 

 double pupils. 



Gill-membrane six-rayed. 



FOUR-EYED ANABLEPS. 



Anableps Tetropthalmus. A. tinereo-jlavescens, lineis utrinque 



loiigitudinalibus nigris. 

 Yellowish grey Anableps, with longitudinal black lines on each 



side, 

 Cobitis Anableps. C. cirris duobw, capite deprcsso, oculis 



prominulis. Lin. Syst, Nat. p. 499. 

 Anableps tetropthalmus. Block, t. 36 1. 



JL HIS extraordinary fish in its general form bears 

 a near affinity to the genus Cobitis, with which it 

 was indeed united by Linnaeus; but the marked 

 particularity of its eyes, &c. amply justify its separ- 

 ation from the rest of the Loches. It seems to 

 have been first described by Artedi, who examined 

 some specimens which occurred in the collection of 

 Seba. The usual length of the animal is from six 

 to eight or ten inches, and its general habit, when 

 viewed laterally, is similar to that of the Loche; 



