Archerfish

Toxotes jaculatrix

The archer fish ( Toxotes ) live in the tropical Indo-Pacific from India to the Philippines, Australia to Polynesia in coastal sea water, brackish and fresh waters, mostly in mangroves. It took its name " shoot down " the ability of a targeted jet of water sitting on plant insects that fell on the water surface, are eaten by them. The 12 to 40 cm long animals live socially in small groups.

Features

The body of the archer fish is flattened laterally and 1.8 to 2.5 times longer than high. Eyes and mouth are large, the mouth terminal, with a protruding lower jaw, and far vorstülpbar ( protraktil ). The dorsal fin has four to six hard - and 11 to 14 soft rays, the anal fin three hard - and 15 to 18 soft rays. She is always longer than the dorsal fin and her weichstrahliger section always longer than the corresponding part of the dorsal fin.

  • Dandruff formula: SL 25-47.
  • Branchiostegalstrahlen: 7
  • Eddy: 25 (10 14).

Species

  • Toxotes blythii Boulenger, 1892.
  • Spotted archer fish ( Toxotes chatareus ) (Hamilton, 1822).
  • Archer fish ( Toxotes jaculatrix ) ( Pallas, 1767).
  • Toxotes kimberleyensis Allen, 2004.
  • Lorentz archer fish ( Toxotes lorentzi ) Weber, 1910.
  • Toxotes microlepis Günther, 1860.
  • Großschuppiger archer fish ( Toxotes oligolepis ) Bleeker, 1876.
Genus Pieter Bleeker Fish fin George Albert Boulenger FishBase
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