archerfish

English

an archerfish (Toxotes jaculatrix)

Etymology

From archer +‎ fish.

Noun

archerfish (plural archerfishes or archerfish)

1. Any of the species of fish in the family Toxotidae (usually with sole genus Toxotes), who prey on small animals near to the surface of a water by shooting them with water from their mouths.

Derived terms

• banded archerfish (Toxotes jaculatrix)
• big scale archerfish (Toxotes oligolepis)
• brackish archerfish (Toxotes jaculatrix)
• clouded archerfish (Toxotes blythii)
• common archerfish (Toxotes chatareus)
• Kimberly archerfish (Toxotes kimberleyensis)
• largescale archerfish (Toxotes chatareus)
• primitive archerfish (Toxotes lorentzi or Protoxotes lorentzi)
• silver archerfish (Toxotes jaculatrix)
• smallscale archerfish (Toxotes microlepis)
• western archerfish (Toxotes kimberleyensis)
• zebra archerfish (Toxotes blythii)

Translations

fish in the family Toxotidae

• Dutch: schuttersvis (nl) m
• French: poisson archer m
• German: Schützenfisch m
• Japanese: 鉄砲魚 (テッポウウオ, teppōuo)
• Portuguese: peixe-arqueiro m
• Russian: рыба-брызгу́н f (ryba-bryzgún)
• Vietnamese: cá mang rổ

References

• archerfish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Toxotidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Toxotidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons