Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Toxotidae > Toxotes > Toxotes chatareusToxotes chatareus (blowpipe fish; Spotted archerfish; Seven-spot archerfish; Sevenspot archerfish; Largescale archerfish; Giant archerfish; Common archerfish; Common archer fish; Archerfish; Archer fish; Riflefish)Synonyms: Coius chatareus; Taxotes chatareus; Toxotes chaetareus; Toxotes chatarcus Language: Bengali; Danish; French; German; Khmer; Laotian; Malay; Mandarin Chinese; Russian; Sindhi; Spanish; Swedish; Tagalog; Thai; Tokelauan; Vietnamese Toxotes chatareus, sometimes known by the common names seven-spot archerfish or largescale archerfish, is a species of perciform fish in the archerfish genus Toxotes. They are usually no larger than 20 centimetres (7.9 in) but may grow up to 40 centimetres (16 in). Unlike most archerfish, T. chatareus are sooty rather than silvery in colour. They are omnivorous, feeding on insects, fish, and vegetative matter at the surface of the water. Breeding occurs in the wet season, and 20,000 to 150,000 eggs may be laid at one time. |
Migration [1] | Amphidromous |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org♦ 2Diets of piscivorous fishes in a tropical Australian estuary, with special reference to predation on penaeid prawns, J. P. Salini, S. J. M. Blaber and D. T. Brewer, Marine Biology 105, 363-374 (1990) |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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