archerfish
English
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Archerfish
Wikispecies
Etymology
archer + fish
Noun
archerfish (plural archerfishes or archerfish)
- 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.
Derived terms
- banded archerfish (Toxotes jaculatrix)
- big scale archerfish (Toxotes oligolepis)
- clouded archerfish (Toxotes blythii)
- Kimberly archerfish (Toxotes kimberleyensis)
- largescale archerfish (Toxotes chatareus)
- primitive archerfish (Toxotes lorentzi)
- smallscale archerfish (Toxotes microlepis)
- western archerfish (Toxotes kimberleyensis)
- zebra archerfish (Toxotes blythii)
Translations
fish in the family Toxotidae
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