Toxotes

Toxotes jaculatrix

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Percoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Perciformes Subordo: Percoidei Superfamilia: Percoidea

Familia: Toxotidae
Genus: Toxotes
Species (7): T. blythii – T. chatareus – T. jaculatrix – T. kimberleyensis – T. lorentzi – T. microlepis – T. oligolepis

Name

Toxotes Cuvier, 1816: 338

Type species: Labrus jaculator of Shaw 1803 (? = Sciaena jaculator Pallas 1767). Type by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Protoxotes Whitley, 1950: 244
  • Type species: Toxotes lorentzi Weber 1910. Type by original designation (also monotypic).
• Trompe Gistel, 1848: XI
  • Type species: Sciaena jaculatrix Pallas 1767. Type by being a replacement name.

References

• Cuvier G.L. 1816–1817. Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son organisation pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Avec Figures, dessinées d'après nature. Tome II. Contenant Les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. Edition 1, Deterville, Paris. pp. i–xviii + 1–532. [Pls. 9–10, in v. 4] DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.41460 BHL Reference page.  [original description: p. 338]

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• Toxotes – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Toxotes species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Archerfishes
ไทย: ปลาเสือ, ปลาเสือพ่นน้ำ
Türkçe: Okçu balığı
Tiếng Việt: Cá mang rổ

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