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Categories: Monogeneric fish families, Taxa named by Peter Simon Pallas, Taxa named by Georges Cuvier, Archerfish, Articles with 'species' microformats

archerfish Toxotes jaculatrix banded archerfish Toxotes Archer-fish

Any of several small freshwater fishes that catch insects by squirting water at them and knocking them into the water; found in Indonesia and Australia WordNet 3.0

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Any of several small freshwater fishes that catch insects by squirting water at them and knocking them into the water; found in Indonesia and Australia WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

The banded archerfish is a brackish water perciform fish of the archerfish genus Toxotes. Wikipedia

The archerfish form a monotypic family, Toxotidae, of fish known for their habit of preying on land-based insects and other small animals by shooting them down with water droplets from their specialized mouths. Wikipedia

Species of fish Wikidata

Any of the species of fish in the family Toxotidae (sole genus Toxotes), who prey on small animals near to the surface of a water by shooting them with water from their mouths. Wiktionary

Fish in the family Toxotidae. Wiktionary (translation)

A species of archerfish, Toxotes jaculatrix, best known for its ability to spit a jet of water to "shoot down" prey. Wiktionary

Toxotes jaculatrix. Wiktionary (translation)

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percoid fish

taxonomic group

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Toxotes

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Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary

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