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Scientific Name	**Toxotes jaculatrix** (Pallas, 1767)
Common Names	Banded Archerfish Schuetzenfisch (Germany)
Type Locality	New locality: Raffes Marina at Tuas, (western entrance of Johor Straights), Singapore. Original locality: Jakarta, Java, Indonesia.
Etymology	Toxotes is Greek for "bowman" or "archer", referring to the "spitting a beam of water" to mae insects fall onto the water. The species name jaculatrix comes from jaculate and meaning to "throw" or "cast", also referring to its ability to spit water.
Species Information
Size	300mm or 11.8" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Asia and Oceania: India eastward to the Philippines, and south to Indonesia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, and northern Australia.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2011.
Other Parameters	Moves across the range of freshwater, brackish and marine water. In captivity, they are best kept in a brackish environment.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	The common name for this group, Archerfish, is a reference to the habit of this fish to shoot water at insects on low branches over the water. They are technically omnivores, but prefer insects and are not keen on floating flake food. User data.
Furniture	These fish need space above the water level, and are known to not only shoot insects above water, but also to jump out of water to chase food.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London v. 56 (art. 21) (for 1766), pp 186, Pl. 8 (fig. 6).
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2020 Oct 13 00:10 (species record created: 2011 Nov 12 03:00)