Toxotes jaculatrix (banded archerfish) 1 (15534079567)

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Description: Toxotes jaculatrix (Pallas, 1767) - banded archerfish (captive, Newport Aquarium, Newport, Kentucky, USA). The mostly brackish-water archerfish is famous for its ability to shoot narrow streams of water from its mouth (see photo - www.naturia.per.sg/buloh/photos/a010b.jpg). Archerfish do this to knock down potential prey (typically insects) from above the air-water interface. Classification: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Actinopterygii, Neopterygii, Perciformes, Percoidei, Toxotidae Natural distribution: southeastern Asia and Australia. Date: 14 May 2006, 13:44. Source: Toxotes jaculatrix (banded archerfish) 1. Author: James St. John.