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| Scientific Name | Toxotes blythii Boulenger, 1892 |
| Common Name | Clouded Archerfish |
| Type Locality | Sittang River, Tenasserim provinces, Myanmar. |
| Etymology | Toxotes is Greek for "bowman" or "archer", referring to the "spitting a beam of water" to mae insects fall onto the water. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Asia: Myanmar. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Data Deficient, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2011. |
| 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 | Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) v. 9 (no. 50) (art. 21), pp 143. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| Last Update | 2017 Aug 02 13:57 (species record created: 2015 Jan 22 12:52) |