Toxotes jaculatrix (banded archerfish) 3 (15099317284)
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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: 19 March 2007, 12:10. Source: Toxotes jaculatrix (banded archerfish) 3. Author: James St. John.
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
- Chordata (Chordates)
- Vertebrata (vertebrates)
- Gnathostomata (jawed fish)
- Osteichthyes
- Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
- Neopterygii
- Teleostei
- Euteleostei
- Neoteleostei
- Acanthopterygii
- Toxotidae (archerfishes)
- Toxotes
- Toxotes jaculatrix (Banded Archerfish)
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