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Categories: Archerfish, Taxa named by Georges Cuvier, Articles with 'species' microformats, Fish described in 1767, Monogeneric fish families

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 or Toxotidae are a monotypic family of perciform tropical fish known for their unique predation technique of "shooting down" land-based insects and other small prey with jets of water spit 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

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Toxotes

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Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary

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