banded archerfish (Toxotes jaculatrix) Toxotes jaculator
Subject: Archer fishes
Tag: Fish
Date 1880
Author Albert Günther (1830–1914)
Source/Photographer
English: Albert Gunther C. L. G. (1880) An Introduction to the Study of Fishes, Edinburgh, Scotland: Adam and Charles Black
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_47081_Toxotes_jaculator.jpeg
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.