# Talk:Anableps anableps

"Anableps anableps feeds on insects and other small invertebrates and on algae ... It also ingests silt, consuming the diatoms found among the grains.[ ... Red intertidal algae (Catenella sp.) was the main food item, supplemented by insects and shore crabs, family Grapsidae." 
So mainly algae? Mainly insects? Detritus feeder? 
IAmNitpicking (talk) 03:29, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

Diatoms are a form of algae. Like humans, it enjoys a varied diet! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:31, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

The intro states: " … each eye is split into two lobes by a horizontal band of tissue, … "; however, under Description is "Each eye is divided longitudinally … ". Unless I'm confusing latitude (horizontal) and longitude (vertical), the Description comment can't be right: the fish would have to lie on its side in order to let the dividing line align with the water surface, and the other eye would therefore be entirely submerged or entirely out of the water. Prisoner of Zenda (talk) 08:12, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

I have rephrased this. Is it clearer now? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:39, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
Indeed it is, Cwmhiraeth. Thanks! Prisoner of Zenda (talk) 00:09, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

I added a lot to this article, but I think it could still benefit greatly from an image of the gonopodium/foriculum. There is one from the Garman source that I considered adding, but I wasn't too sure about the copyright rules behind it. It's an article from the 1890's and is in JSTOR's Open Collection, but I wanted to be safe so I didn't include it. There's a "request permission" link on the JSTOR page, so maybe someone can check that out? Bloodshot20 (talk) 07:56, 8 November 2024 (UTC)