Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Toxotidae > Toxotes > Toxotes chatareus

Toxotes 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
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Wikipedia Abstract

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.
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Amphidromous

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Can Gio Mangrove Biosphere Reserve 123722 Viet Nam  
Danau Sentarum National Park 347674 Kalimantan, Indonesia  
Prince Regent River Nature Reserve Ia 1428602 Western Australia, Australia  
Purnululu National Park II 604999 Western Australia, Australia
Sunderban National Park 261613 India  

Prey / Diet

Penaeus merguiensis (banana prawn)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Range Map

External References

Citations

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)
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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