banded archerfish (Toxotes jaculatrix)

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Subject:	banded archerfish (Toxotes jaculatrix)
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Archer. Toxotes jaculator.

Date 1828-1849.
Source http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7220971
Author Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon; Georges Cuvier; Valenciennes
Full title Histoire naturelle des poissons / par m. le bon Cuvier ... et par M. Valenciennes.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Histoire_naturelle_des_poissons_(10438612706).jpg

The banded archerfish (Toxotes jaculatrix) is a species of brackish water archerfishes. It is best known for its ability to spit a jet of water to "shoot down" prey. Toxotes jaculatrix inhabits the Indo-Pacific and waters off Australia.

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